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Muisca agriculture
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Muisca religion
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. Supreme being of the Muisca was Chiminigagua who created light and the Earth. He was not directly honoured, yet that was done through Chía, goddess of the Moon, and her husband Sué, god of the Sun.
Iraca
The iraca, sometimes spelled iraka, was the ruler and high priest of Sugamuxi in the confederation of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense; the central highlands of the Colombian Andes. Iraca can also refer to the Iraka Valley over which they ruled. Important scholars who wrote about the iraca were Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Alexander von Humboldt and Ezequiel Uricoechea. In the centuries before the Spanish conquistadores entered central Colombia in the 1530s, the valleys of the Eastern Ranges were ruled by four main leaders and several independent caciques.
Muisca economy
This article describes the economy of the Muisca. The Muisca were the original inhabitants of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the high plateau in the Eastern Ranges of central present-day Colombia. Their rich economy and advanced merchant abilities were widely known by the indigenous groups of the area and described by the Spanish conquistadores whose primary objective was the acquisition of the mineral resources of Tierra Firme; gold, emeralds, carbon, silver and copper.
Muisca music
Muisca music describes the use of music by the Muisca. The Muisca were organized in the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca of the central highlands (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) of present-day Colombia. The Muisca used music in their religious rituals, to welcome the new cacique and during harvest, sowing and the construction of the houses. The music of the Muisca was produced in a magic-religious sense; music was played during religious rituals where the Muisca people gathers to worship the Sun (Sué), the Moon (Chía) and other deities.
Muisca cuisine
Muisca cuisine describes the food and preparation the Muisca elaborated. The Muisca were an advanced civilization inhabiting the central highlands of the Colombian Andes (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. Their diet and cuisine consisted of many endemic flora and fauna of Colombia. The main product of the Muisca was maize, in various forms. The advantage of maize was that it could be grown in the various climatic zones the Muisca territories experienced.
Bogota
Bogota , anciennement Santa Fe de Bogotá Distrito Capital, est la capitale de la Colombie, ainsi que celle du département de Cundinamarca. Elle a été fondée le par le conquistador espagnol Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 - 1579). Suivant l’organisation d’un district capital unitaire et décentralisé, Bogota jouit d'une autonomie lui permettant la gestion de ses intérêts dans les limites imposées par la Constitution et la loi. Composée de , elle est la métropole incontestée du pays aux points de vue administratif, économique et politique.
Muisca mummification
The Muisca inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish and were an advanced civilisation. They mummified the higher social class members of their society, mainly the zipas, zaques, caciques, priests and their families. The mummies would be placed in caves or in dedicated houses ("mausoleums") and were not buried. Many mummies from the Chibcha-speaking indigenous groups have been found to date, mainly from the Muisca, Lache and Guane.
Chibchas
Les Chibchas ou Tchibtchas ou Muiscas sont une communauté précolombienne de l'actuelle Colombie, vivant autour de l'actuelle Bogota, conquise en 1536 par le conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, à la recherche de l'Eldorado. La langue chibcha, plus souvent appelée muisca, fait partie de la famille chibchane s’étendant d’Amérique centrale (Costa Rica) au cap Guayaquil (à la frontière entre l’Équateur et le Pérou actuel).