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Tours & Information: The central exhibition of the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2015, and selected national pavilions and collateral exhibitions.
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Sound Installation, 2014
Ethnic group: Charrúa
Language: Charrúa
Speaker: Nancy Ramos Boerr (in the photo)
Location: Uruguay, Río de la Plata and southern Brazil
Population: Although they are considered extinct, there are a significant, though inexact number of descendants of several tribes living within Uruguayan territory (Charrúa, Chaná, Guenoa, Guaraní, Bohanes, Yaros etc) who, in reality, comprise 4.5% of the population, according to a household survey performed by the National Institute of Statistics (2006). In it 115,118 people identified themselves as being descended from indigenous peoples. Furthermore, quite a significant number of Charrúa descendants live in the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco; as well as in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In Argentina 4,511 people identified themselves as Charrúas, none of whom were living in communities. Presently, it is calculated that in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina there are about between 160,000 and 300,000 Charrúa descendants, all of whom are of mixed race.
Level of extinction: Culturally extinct
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© Sound, photo: Gustavo Tabares
Tours & Information: The central exhibition of the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2015, and selected national pavilions and collateral exhibitions.