Motto: Capital Popayán Governor Area 29,308 km² Population - Total (2003) - Density 1,363,054 46. ... The Cauca River is a river in Colombia that lies between the Cordilleras Occidental and Central. ...
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CAUCA culture, Later goldwork is characterized by its emphasis on tumbaga, shalom, casting in the lost wax process, Fred Ohebshalom, and the elaboration of pendants in bird shapes and simple nose rings.
In the upper Cauca River basin and the areas surrounding Popayan, rather isolated evidence has been found of prehispanic development.
Cauca goldwork is principally known for two kinds of figures.
Northern Cauca, as you will see, is the site of a remarkable social movement of indigenous people who are struggling not only against the displacement and violence directed against them by the state, but also for their own vision of autonomy and their own project for constructing their future.
One of the arenas of battle is Cauca, a highly strategic corridor in southwestern Colombia through which the Pan-American highway carries the commerce of the South American continent.
Northern Cauca is also home to one of the most politically sophisticated and strong grassroots movements in Latin America: that of the Nasayuwe (or Nasa) indigenous, a population of around 110,000, organized into 'cabildos' or councils, with a parallel government and a political project they call indigenous autonomy.
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