• The Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca is an organisation of indigenous people, in particular the Muisca. It was established in September 2002 in Bosa, Bogotá...
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    the First General Congress of the Muisca People. In that congress, they founded the Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca, affiliated to the National Indigenous...
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    The Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers (zaques, zipas, iraca, and tundama) in the central Andean highlands of what...
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  • (now Mexico City) Cabildo (Cuba), African ethnic associations created in Cuba in the late 16th century Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca, an organization...
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    Muisca numerals were the numeric notation system used by the Muisca, one of the civilizations of the Americas before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca...
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    Muisca religion describes the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of the Colombian Andes before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca...
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    Knowledge of Muisca mythology has come from Muisca scholars Javier Ocampo López, Pedro Simón, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Juan de Castellanos and conquistador...
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    Bosa, Bogotá (category Populated places of the Muisca Confederation)
    Cabildos of Suba and Bosa were officially recognized by the Government of Bogotá as stipulated in Law 89 of 1890. The Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca...
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    The Muisca calendar was a lunisolar calendar used by the Muisca. The calendar was composed of a complex combination of months and three types of years...
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    This article describes the warfare of the Muisca. The Muisca inhabited the Tenza and Ubaque valleys and the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the high plateau...
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    This article describes the art produced by the Muisca. The Muisca established one of the four grand civilisations of the pre-Columbian Americas on the...
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    This article describes the role of women in the society of the Muisca. The Muisca are the original inhabitants of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense (present-day...
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    The Muisca inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish and were an advanced civilisation. They mummified...
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    This article describes the economy of the Muisca. The Muisca were the original inhabitants of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the high plateau in the Eastern...
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    astronomy of the Muisca. The Muisca, one of the four advanced civilisations in the Americas before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, had a thorough understanding...
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  • of Muisca and pre-Muisca archaeological sites; sites on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, where archaeological evidence has been discovered of the Muisca and...
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    names) in Muisca, the language of the Muisca who inhabited the Colombian Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s...
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    This list contains Muisca and pre-Muisca scholars; researchers, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and other investigators who have contributed...
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    the time were the Muisca and Taironas, who belonged to the Chibcha group and were skilled in farming, mining, and metalcraft. The Muisca lived mainly in...
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    Tunja (category Populated places of the Muisca Confederation)
    Bogotá. The city hosts the most remaining Muisca architecture: Hunzahúa Well, Goranchacha Temple and Cojines del Zaque. Tunja is a tourist destination, especially...
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    Chiminigagua (category Muisca gods)
    being, omnipotent god and creator of the world in the religion of the Muisca. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations...
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    The Cojines del Zaque (English: "Cushions of the Zaque") is an archeological site of the Muisca located in the city of Tunja, Boyacá, which in the time...
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    Tunjo (category Muisca art)
    (in Spanish) Tunjos and other Muisca art - Pueblos Originarios (in Spanish) Description and metallurgy of tunjos - Museo del Oro - Bogotá (in Spanish) Tunjos...
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    Bacatá (category Populated places of the Muisca Confederation)
    (Chibcha: Muyquytá or Muequetá) is the name given to the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather...
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    Saguamanchica (category Muisca rulers)
    Muyquytá, as of 1470. His zaque enemy ruling over the northern area of the Muisca territory was Michuá. Alternative spellings of his name are Sacuan Machica...
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    Sué (category Muisca gods)
    was the god of the Sun in the religion of the Muisca. He was married to Moon goddess Chía. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced...
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    Sogamoso (category Populated places of the Muisca Confederation)
    Sugamuxi. Sogamoso is nicknamed "City of the Sun", based on the original Muisca tradition of pilgrimage and adoring their Sun god Sué at the Sun Temple...
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    Chaquén (category Muisca gods)
    Chaquén was the god of sports and fertility in the religion of the Muisca. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations...
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    Nemequene (category Muisca rulers)
    Spanish) Muisca dictionary - quyne (in Spanish) History of the Muisca - Banco de la República (in Spanish) Biography Nemequene and Nemequene Code - Pueblos Originarios...
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    Quemuenchatocha (category Muisca rulers)
    of the Muisca Muisca rulers, history of Colombia, Pacanchique (in Spanish) Biography of Quemuenchatocha - Pueblos Originarios (in Spanish) Muisca history...
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