Guambiano or Misak are an indigenous people of the

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kinship system, with hereditary offices, descent lines, and property passing through the male line. Agriculture is the base of their economy. Coffee, cassava, potatoes, beans, and cabbage are among the main products they cultivate. The Guambiano people are known for their traditional clothing: blue scarf (worn as a sarong), rectangular ponchos, and black bowler hat for the men; black skirt, solid color top, blue scarf, and dark bowler hat for the women.

References

* Ministerio de Cultura 2010:
Misak (Guambianos), la gente del agua, del conocimiento y de los sueños
. Bogotá. * Pachón, Ximena 1987:

"; ''Introducción a la Colombia Amerindia'': 235–248. Instituto Colombiano de Antropología; Bogotá. * Vásquez de Ruiz, Beatriz 1988: ''La predicaión en Guambiano''; CCELA, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá. ISSN 0120-9507 Indigenous peoples in Colombia {{SouthAm-ethno-group-stub