Todays topic is going to be about Colombian Natives before the Spanish colonization, their culture and religion. In Colombia there were many kinds of Cultures such as Muiscas, Tumaco, Tairona, Quimbayas and Senues. Every one of these cultures had a strength that we will se today.
Muiscas and Guanes: they were known for their knitting’s; they lived on “Altiplano de Nariño”
Tumaco: they were known for their ceramic figures.
Tairona: they were known for their collars, they lived on La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Quinballas: they were known by their gold figures.
Senues: they were known for their iconography with gold.
When Spanish colonies step in Colombia they saw that every community had its treasure so they started to take control of every community for their gold. They took casiques (the leaders) and torture them to give them the location of the gold. They took lots and lots of gold. And so does the legend of “El Dorado” born along with some others. El Dorado was a place in which many gold was stored in a secret place known only by it s owners which died. Many Spanish came here just to look for it.
In conclusion Spanish took our biggest strength (Gold) and stole it from us. With that gold Colombia could be richer in the present.
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