21/11/2023
THE AMAZON WARRIORS: Nhamundá, 382 kilometers from Manaus.
The municipality was the territory of disputes between the Spanish explorer Frei Gaspar de Carvajal and the Yacamiabas Indians in 1542, where the Indians emerged victorious. Discover the history of the Icamiabas, the Amazon warriors
The Icamiabas warrior women did not have husbands and did not allow men near their tabas (houses). They handled the bow and arrow with great precision and had the moon as their protector.
In legend, the icamiabas were tall, muscular women, with fair skin, long black hair, they were found when Spanish expeditionaries, led by the Spaniard Francisco Orellana, arrived in 1542 in the region that is now known as the Amazon. They were known by indigenous people as icamiabas but due to their customs, they were soon associated with the Amazon warriors, from Greek mythology.
History also says that the Indian women only admitted women into their tribe and in their fertile periods they captured Indians from other tribes to carry out the reproduction ritual. When they became pregnant, they informed their partners that, if a curumim (boy) was born, they would give the child to their parents, but if a curumim (girl) was born, they would stay and present the father with a green talisman, known as Muiraquitã.
OBSERVATION:
NHAMUNDÁ: THE ISLAND THAT WAS “HOME” TO THE YCAMIABAS INDIAN WARRIOR, DISCOVER THE PLACE. The Nhamundá region is still marked by the legend of female warriors who lived in the Amazon. The story survives after historical accounts of expeditions by explorers who sailed along the Amazon River around 1500, the time of the discovery of Brazil. According to legend, there were women who rode horses, handling bows and arrows, with great skills. These women refused to live with men on their lands, they became known as the Amazon Indians because, according to reports, they were similar to the Amazons of Greek mythology. For the indigenous community, they are the Ycamiabas warriors.
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