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Muisca women were considered vital for transferring their fertility to the farmlands, which meant they were responsible for sowing the fields, [18] while men engaged in hunting, fishing, and warfare with neighboring groups such as the Panche. [19] Women also prepared and sold the Muisca alcoholic beverage, chicha.
Subgroupings were identified chiefly by their allegiances to three great Muisca rulers: the hoa in Hunza, ruling a territory roughly covering modern southern and northeastern Boyacá and southern Santander; the psihipqua in Muyquytá and encompassing most of modern Cundinamarca, the western Llanos; and the iraca, religious ruler of Suamox and modern northeastern Boyacá and southwestern Santander.
The halite of Zipaquirá, used for cooking, preservation of meat and fish and as trading product, was extracted from a brine by the Muisca women. Reason High quality and EV Articles in which this image appears Women in Muisca society FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture Creator Juansebastianvg
Muisca religion describes the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of the Colombian Andes before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. The Muisca formed a confederation of holy rulers and had a variety of deities , temples and rituals incorporated in their culture.
Zoratama was born in the town of Guatavita in the Muisca Confederation. [1] She moved to the capital of the southern Muisca, Bacatá before the Spanish conquest. When the Spanish conquerors arrived in Bacatá, they found the town almost deserted as Tisquesusa, informed about the arrival of the European invaders, had fled with his guecha warriors to Nemocón.
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The Muisca obtained most of their meat and fish by hunting and fishing. The many rivers and lakes on the Altiplano provided rich resources in fish, especially the lakes Fúquene and Tota. Hunting and fishing were activities performed by the Muisca men, while the Muisca women cared for the sowing, cloth production and ceramics elaboration. [19]
The goddess Chía (from the Chibcha language "the one who is like the moon"), is a triple lunar deity in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times. [1] Of central importance to the pantheon, she was worshipped across various Muisca lands.