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- Also called:
- Jirara
- Related Topics:
- South American Indian
- northern Andean Indian
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Jirajara
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Also known as: Jirara
Jirajara, Indians of northwestern Venezuela who were extinct by the mid-17th century. The little known about them suggests that they were very similar culturally to the Caquetío (q.v.).
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