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VENEZUELA -
Orinoco Delta - Waraos
The Warao are an indigenous people inhabiting northeastern Venezuela The term Warao translates as "the boat people," after the Warao's lifelong and intimate connection to the water. Most of the approximately 30,000 Warao inhabit Orinoco Delta region, with smaller numbers in neighboring Guyana and Suriname.They speak an agglutinative language, also called Warao. Most of them are living in very simple huts along the rivers.
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From January to April

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Boat on a river filled with water hyacinths

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao huts on the shore of a river filled by filled with floating water hyacinths

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Floating water hyacinths and Warao hut at the background

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao baby in a hammock

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao family on a boat

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao children

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao hut with hammocks

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao man in a hammock

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao girl

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao Family

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao girl

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao children in a hammock

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao family in their hut

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao young children in a canoe

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao young girl

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao baby with his sister

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao canoe

Venezuela - Orinoco Delta
Warao boy
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