The Cubeo are an ethnic group of the
Vaupés Department (
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Cari ...
). Cubeo is a generic name that is used in local
Spanish and appears in the literature in reference to a social and linguistic group. Although the term does not have any meaning in
their language, the Cubeo refer to themselves by that name in interactions with others. There is no common native name, aside from referring to themselves as "people" (''pâmiwâ'') or, more precisely, "my people" (''jiwa''). An individual's social identification is based on his or her adscription to a mythical clan forebear whose name is used as an eponym.
Location
The Cubeo live in the area of the
Vaupés Department Vaupés may refer to:
* Vaupés River
* Vaupés Department of Colombia
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