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The Mojeños, also known as Moxeños, Moxos, or Mojos, are an indigenous people of Bolivia.They live in south central Beni Department, [2] on both banks of the Mamore River, and on the marshy plains to its west, known as the Llanos de Mojos.
The Jesuit Missions of Moxos are located in the Llanos de Moxos of Beni department in eastern Bolivia.Distinguished by a unique fusion of European and Amerindian cultural influences, the missions were founded as reductions or reducciones de indios by Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries to convert local tribes to Christianity.
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor for film and television. His films include the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), the neo-noir action thriller Across 110th Street (1972), the science-fiction action film The Running Man (1987), the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973) in which he portrayed the main villain Dr. Kananga, and the action ...
The early Spaniards found six principal ethnic groups in the Llanos: the Moxo (or Mojo), Movima, Canichana, Cayuvava, Itonama, and Bauré. The names of 26 other groups are known. The Baure were considered by the Spanish to be the most "civilized", followed by the Moxo. The other groups lived in smaller communities and on less favored lands.
The Llanos de Moxos was the setting for pre-Columbian agriculture, and appears to have been an early center of plant domestication. The inhabitants constructed agricultural earthworks: raised fields, causeways, canals, and about 4700 forested mounds over a 50,000 square kilometer area.
Moxo (also known as Mojo, pronounced 'Moho') is any of the Arawakan languages spoken by the Moxo people of the Llanos de Moxos in northeastern Bolivia. The two extant languages of the Moxo people, Trinitario and Ignaciano , are as distinct from one another as they are from neighboring Arawakan languages.
Moxo may refer to: Moxo people, an ethnic group of Bolivia; Moxo languages, the languages spoken by them; Francesc de Moxó (1879–1920), Spanish politician and sports leader; Manuel Córdova-Rios (Ino Moxo), a vegetalista (herbalist) of the upper Amazon; Rafael Larraín Moxó (1813–1892), Chilean politician, farmer, businessman and banker
San Ignacio is the capital of the Moxos Province and is situated at an elevation of 144 m above sea level at Laguna Isiboro, a lake of 20 km 2 west of the town. San Ignacio is located 100 km south-west of Trinidad, the department's capital.