Amazonia and lowland South America
Sápara
Lands
Rainforest of Pastaza province in the Ecuadorian Amazon, straddling the border with Peru
Facts 3
Achievement
UNESCO inscribed the oral heritage and cultural expressions of the Sápara people of Ecuador and Peru on its Representative List in 2008.
As of 2008 Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Sápara knowledge of the forest shows in their rich vocabulary for plants and animals and in their knowledge of the forest's medicinal plants.
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Today
The Sápara live in a part of the Amazon rainforest that straddles Ecuador and Peru.
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