The three articles that we present below aim to detail three fundamental aspects of the Piro culture. This ethno-linguistic group, belongs to the Arahuaca family, like the Campa, Machiguenga and Amuesha, it is located mainly on the banks of the Urubamba river belonging to the Echarate district, La Convencion Province, Cusco Department and the Sepahua District , Atalaya Province, Ucayali Department. The estimated population for this group is 1600 inhabitants (Wise, M.R. 1972) which is distributed in 12 native communities, of which half are titled by the Peruvian State. There is regular bibliography on this group, mainly with regard to linguistics, stories of travelers and missionaries of various orders, and to a lesser extent ethnographic and ethno-historical works. In this series of articles the authors seek a detailed approach to deepen the knowledge of this ethnic group. For this we wi...

The three articles that we present below aim to detail three fundamental aspects of the Piro culture. This ethno-linguistic group, belongs to the Arahuaca family, like the Campa, Machiguenga and Amuesha, it is located mainly on the banks of the Urubamba river belonging to the Echarate district, La Convencion Province, Cusco Department and the Sepahua District , Atalaya Province, Ucayali Department. The estimated population for this group is 1600 inhabitants (Wise, M.R. 1972) which is distributed in 12 native communities, of which half are titled by the Peruvian State. There is regular bibliography on this group, mainly with regard to linguistics, stories of travelers and missionaries of various orders, and to a lesser extent ethnographic and ethno-historical works. In this series of articles the authors seek a detailed approach to deepen the knowledge of this ethnic group. For this we wi...

The three articles that we present below aim to detail three fundamental aspects of the Piro culture. This ethno-linguistic group, belongs to the Arahuaca family, like the Campa, Machiguenga and Amuesha, it is located mainly on the banks of the Urubamba river belonging to the Echarate district, La Convencion Province, Cusco Department and the Sepahua District , Atalaya Province, Ucayali Department. The estimated population for this group is 1600 inhabitants (Wise, M.R. 1972) which is distributed in 12 native communities, of which half are titled by the Peruvian State. There is regular bibliography on this group, mainly with regard to linguistics, stories of travelers and missionaries of various orders, and to a lesser extent ethnographic and ethno-historical works. In this series of articles the authors seek a detailed approach to deepen the knowledge of this ethnic group. For this we wi...