Slash and burn agriculture by Hoti (also called Hotï or Jodi) ethnic group of Venezuela: sweat potatoes harvest by a woman and her daughter. A banana plant can be seen at upper left. The Hoti are semi-nomadic. They inhabit the rainforests in the foothills of the Sierra de Maigualida in Venezuela.


The Hoti are semi -nomadic hunters-gatherers and slash and burn horticulturists. They speak a Salivan language.


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Location: Venezuela "South America" "Latin america"
Photo credit: © Jacques Jangoux / Alamy / Afripics
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