{"id":19271,"date":"2022-03-21T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.gstic.org\/?post_type=story&p=19271"},"modified":"2022-05-11T10:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:10:27","slug":"sustainable-livelihoods-of-the-chipaya-people-in-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/expert-story\/sustainable-livelihoods-of-the-chipaya-people-in-bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable livelihoods of the Chipaya people in Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Chipayan people live in Bolivia\u2019s Oruro region, on the north of Lake Coipasa. Their land is surrounded by salt flats and crossed by the Lauca River. This area\u2019s cold-arid climate with extreme temperatures influences the Chipayan people\u2019s religion. Natural elements such as water, rain, fire, wind and Mother Earth (called Pachamama<\/em>) are revered and respected to ensure survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only available natural resources are the highly saline soil, pastures and water, which the Chipayan people have cleverly managed to enable cultivation of quinoa<\/em> cereal and grazing for livestock, such as sheep and llamas. A scarcity of resources, as well as geographical isolation, have contributed to the Chipaya community\u2019s unique culture and are expressed in its beliefs, language, organisational and economic systems, clothing and architecture. For example, the Chipaya\u2019s small, conical houses built from moist clay, are structures which are uniquely found in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n