Machiguenga

Large Machiguenga village on the Lower Urubamba, 2019. Credit: Kacper Świerk

Good Wifi Hunting: Ethnologist on the Machiguenga Indians - They Have Wi-fi, but on Weekends They Prefer to Go Hunting

The Machiguenga Indians from the Amazon have recently started to work full time. However, they usually spend the whole weekend hunting in the jungle. They like wild animal meat and being in the forest. Ethnologist Kacper Świerk talks about the changing habits of the Amazon Indians.

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