Arachán people

Arachán were one of the native nations of Uruguay.

Their origin is not very well-known, but some scholars consider them to be different from other local ethnicities. They were said to have come from the Inca Highlands (currently Bolivia and Peru) thousands of years ago.^[1]

Their name is composed: "eastern", "oriental" (Guarani: ara) + "Canna" (Quechua: achuy), as they used to cultivate Cannaceae as staple food.

Legacy

Nowadays the population of Cerro Largo Department use to be known as "arachanes", in memory of this extinct local ethnicity.

There is also a small seaside resort in Rocha Department known as Arachania.

The rivuline Austrolebias arachan was named after them.

References

↑ "Arachanes". Retrieved 2 February 2015. (Spanish)

External links

Renzo Pi Hugarte (1969). "El Uruguay indígena" (PDF). Nuestra Tierra. Retrieved 12 May 2015. (Spanish)

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