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Culture
A number of different people inhabited the territory that is now Nicaragua. In the Pacific region, for example, there were the
Maribios, also know as the Subtiabas, the Mangues or the Chorotegas, the Nahuas or Nicaraguas, also called the Niquiranos. These
people settled near the lakes and volcanoes and organized themselves into towns or agricultural villages led by councils of elders.
Their way of life was very similar to that of the cultures of Mexico, with a trading system based on bartering or exchanges with
neighboring peoples.They worked the land and lived off agriculture based on the cultivation of corn. Before the arrival of the
conquistadors or Spanish conquerors, the Chorotegas and Nicaraguas were the main cultures in the Pacific Region. The Maribios mostly
settled to the west of the chain of volcanoes that traverse the region, which is why it is now called the “Marrabios” Range;
an adulteration of the indigenous name.
The people that inhabited the Caribbean or Atlantic area were more connected to South America; they appear to have migrated from
the south of Venezuela. These are the Sumos or Sumus, the Miskitos and Ramas that settled on the Caribbean Coast. The Sumus and the
Miskitos are more connected as their languages are very similar. The Miskitos are currently the most numerous ethnic group, while
there is a smaller number of indigenous of the Rama group. Their lifestyle included the absence of natural towns, a rudimentary
political and social organization, a nomadic economy and the practice of shamanism.
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