Sibundoy Explained

Settlement Type:Municipality & town
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colombia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Colombia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Putumayo Department
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:64
Population As Of:Census 2018[2]
Population Total:14104
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:1.2033°N -76.9192°W
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5

Sibundoy (Kamëntsá: Tabanok "village"[3]) is a town and municipality in the Putumayo Department of the Republic of Colombia.

The town existed well before the Spanish came in 1534. The Inca, under Huayna Cápac, conquered the local Kamëntsá people in 1492 and established a Quechua-speaking settlement; their descendants are the modern Inga people. Most residents of Sibundoy are either Kamëntsá or Inga. Spanish is the primary language, but the Kamëntsá language and Inga language are also widely spoken. Many indigenous residents of Sibundoy and wear long, blue and violet ponchos called kapisaius and baitas.

Sibundoy is known for mask carving and other traditional crafts. In the town's park, the trunks of fallen trees are carved with symbols from the mythology of the Inga and Kamëntsá peoples.[4]

One especially important event is the Carnival of the Return of the First People, which is both a fun event and key celebration of local mythology.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipalities of Colombia. statoids. 28 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018. DANE. es . 28 April 2020.
  3. Book: O'Brien, Colleen Alena . Colleen Alena O'Brien . 2018 . A Grammatical Description of Kamsá, A Language Isolate of Colombia . 2020-05-20 . 2023-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604223756/http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/ColleenOBrienFinal.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Sibundoy . VIVA Travel Guides . 21 January 2014.
  5. Web site: The Sibundoy Valley of Colombia . McDowell . John H. . Folklorist John H. McDowell . 30 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210522193248/https://jmcd.sitehost.iu.edu/sibundoy%20valley.htm . 22 May 2021.