Laches (people)

Laches (people)

infobox ethnic group
group = Laches
poptime = 0 (2004)
popplace = central Colombia
langs = Chibchan
rels = Traditional
related = Chibchan group

The Laches were an indigenous, people in the highlands of what is now central Colombia's northern Boyacá and Santander departments. They were part of the Cocuy Confederation and spoke a Chibchan language, trading predominantly with other Chibchan speakers, such as the Muiscas, Guanes, Pijaos and Chitareros. They farmed maize, potato, quinoa and cotton, among other crops.

In the 17th century, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita wrote of the habit of the Laches in bringing up younger male children as culturally female, that is, as berdaches. [Trexler, Richard C. (1995) "Sex and Conquest: Gendered Violence, Political Order, and the European Conquest of the Americas" Cornel Univ. Press, Ithaca, NY, page 86. ISBN 0-8014-3224-3 ] [ [http://www.encolombia.com/medicina/pediatria/pediatria38203-reflexion.htm Tribín, Hugo Armando Sotomayor (June 2003) "Una reflexión histórico - antropológica sobre el maltrato infantil en Colombia (Segunda Parte)" "Pediatria" 38(2)] (in Spanish)]

The name Laches is preserved in a suburb, or barrio, of Bogotá known as Los Laches.

Notes

References

* Ariza, Gonzalo (1952) "Los Laches", Villegas Editores.
* Rodríguez, J.V. (1992) "Características Físicas de la Población Prehispánica de la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia: Implicaciones Etnogenéticas" "Maguaré" 8: 7-45;
* Rodríguez, J.V. (1996) "Dieta, Salud y Demografía Prehispánica en la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia: Mitos y Realidades Sobre el Bienestar Aborigen" Departamento de Antropología, Facultad Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá.

ee also

*Chibchas
*Guanes
*Muiscas

External links

* [http://www.lacoctelera.com/realidades/post/2005/06/21/asi-es-antander-3 "La Coctelera: Realidades Colombianas - Historia y Geografía: Asi es Santander 3" (21 June 2003)] in Spanish, accessed 5 August 2006, [http://web.archive.org/web/20051230124212/http://www.lacoctelera.com/realidades/post/2005/06/21/asi-es-antander-3 Web archive version 30 December 2005] .


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