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Qf canva.com/desic a) Pech society Is an ethnic group that has Inhabited the territory of t-day Honduras. ts belleved that they come from South with a Chibcha origin, they emigrated from Colombla and IinHonduras. Its society is made up of approximately 3200 Inhabitants. They inhabit the departments of Graclas a Dios, Olancho ‘and Colén. ‘The term pech means “people”, used to refer to thelr society: To talk ‘about other societies, he uses pech-akud, which means other people, or the term bulé, which means ladino, w Eliminar Duplicar Agregar Oct dq e) Oo a) CULTURE + ‘The Pech preserve their language, their culture, thelr religion and thelr economic system, its known especially o people from the third age. They respect nature since ‘they depend on Its flora and fauna. ithe Is known of the Pech people before the artival ofthe Spanish. + Pech women actively participate In labor. economic and religious fe, they are ishermen, tribal chiefs, healers and shamans. Their importance in society is ‘equated with that of men. Fs keep many songs with musi and Pech language, Some ofits native instruments are the Tempuka, the Arwa and the Camaché ay $ Eliminar Duplicar Agregar Oct Qf canva.com/desic a) Chibcha family. in fact, tsa strongly language from the rest of the Chibeha languages. which is why It took time to be recognized as part of ‘this family, but current work has conclusively proven the relationship. Its interesting to note that this divergence may, have been due to the Isolation of the rest of the Chibcha languages. which are spoken from southern Nicaragua to Colombia, Between the rest of the Chibcha languages and Paya, the Misumalpa languages stand in the way, which is considered 2 family of languages remotely related to the Chibcha and. Lenca languages. These three families would form the lenmichi rmlerophytum. w Eliminar Duplicar Agregar Oct Qf canva.com/desic a) DISTRIBUTION ‘Thelr ethnicity is distributed In nine Tribes (peoples). distributed as follows: Clanche Department In the Dulce Nombre de Culm! munielpatity Zarca, culuco, Vallecito, Pueblo Nuevo, Subirana, Jocomico, pisiire In the Municipality of San Esteban a del Carbén founded by the priest Manuel de Jestis Subirana, Department of Coton Silin, in the Municipality of Trujit, Moradel. in the Municipality of Trujillo, W ay Eliminar Duplicar Agregar

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