ASHANINKA CULTURE IN

PERU
"Proud of being
ashaninka"
The Ashaninkas are the largest
indigenous Amazonian people in
Peru.
The Ashaninkas were formerly
called "campas", but to them it
is an insult to say so.
Their language belongs to the
Arawak linguistic family. More
than 25,000 Ashaninkas are
spoken in Peru.
One
Ashaninka
said:
"We
ashaninkas believe that the sun
god Alive was always above
before this world. As it has
power, it released a particle from
its crown that settled in the
dense darkness and little by

TYPES OF ASHANINKAS
Ashninka del Peren, in the provinces
of Chanchamayo and Satipo, in the
department of Junn among them are the
communities of Pampa Michi, San Miguel,
Marankiari Bajo - CIAMB PERU, Mariscal
Cceres,
Pucharini,
Pumpuriani,
Churingaveni, Huacamayo, Bajo Orito,
Bajo Village among others.
Ashninka
of
Ene-Tambo,
Satipo
province, Junn department and in the
province of the Convention in the
department of Cuzco among them are the
communities of Shima, Potsoteni, Otica,
Poyeni, Betania, Charahuaja, Shevoja,
Kimarija among others.

WE ARE THE GUARDIANS

OF THE FOREST
The Ashaninkas are the ones who protect
and care about the habitat of the forests.
They are themselves in planting trees
mainly wood like mohena, eshpingo, etc;
They paint the stems of the trees in sign
that they do not talen it; And do not let
enter the oil or logging industries

Ashninka del Pichis, in the province of

Oxapampa in the department of Cerro de
Pasco
Ashninka del Purs, in the province of
Purs, Department of Ucayali. It is an
extension of Ashninka of Ene Tambo
Ashninka of the Apuricayali, between
Puerto Inca, of Hunuco, and Oxapampa,
of Pasco.
Ashaninka of Gran Pajonal, in the
province of Atalaya, of the department of
Ucayali among them are the communities