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CHIQUITOS

Chiquitos was a collective name for a large group of South American aborigines in Bolivia. They were roughly forty tribes, grouped into seven divisions: Tapacuraca, Napeca, Paunaca, Paiconeca, Quitemoca, Zuracariguia and Monococa. They were described in 1905 as a merry, light-hearted people given to singing and dancing and cultivating white and yellow cotton and indigo which they used to prepare striped clothing. They lived in a Communist society, produce from industries being sold for the benefit of the community and a fund formed for the relief of the sick and aged.
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