Slash and burn agriculture in the rainforest of Venezuela : Indian woman and daughter of Hoti ethnic group carrying harvest of firewood, sweet potatoes and cotton .


Slash and burn agriculture by indigenous Hoti people of the rainforest of Venezuela. Woman and daughter are returning from garden with harvest of firewood, sweet potatoes and cotton. The Hoti live in the rainforest in the Guiana Highlands at the foothills of he Sierra de Maigualida in Bolivar and Amazonas are semi-nomadic hunters-gatherers and sash-and-burn horticulturists. They speak a Salivan language.


Size: 5530px × 3754px
Location: Venezuela "South America" "Latin America"
Photo credit: © Jacques Jangoux / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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