Toromona
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Toromona is an Indian tribe in South America
that belongs to the group of uncontacted people. No non-Natives have contacted this tribe. During the Spanish colonization, Spaniards found it difficult to settle down in the area of the Amazon
, where their main goal was to find a secret place called Paititi
, an alleged hiding place of the Incas' biggest treasures that the Incas concealed from the Spaniards. There are some historical records that confirm that the Incas sealed subterranean tunnels in ritual ceremonies. Father Miguel Cavello Balboa wrote about a city of gold and he described Paititi
as a place protected by warrior women; he also mentioned the Toromona tribe with notes that it had no mercy in killing.
A Norwegian biologists, Lars Hafskjold, searched exhaustively for this ethnic group (Toromona) and became quite famous by his disappearance (1997) somewhere in the region of the Madidi
park.
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
that belongs to the group of uncontacted people. No non-Natives have contacted this tribe. During the Spanish colonization, Spaniards found it difficult to settle down in the area of the Amazon
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
, where their main goal was to find a secret place called Paititi
Paititi
Paititi is a legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land said to lie east of the Andes, hidden somewhere within the remote rain forests of southeast Peru, northern Bolivia or southwest Brazil...
, an alleged hiding place of the Incas' biggest treasures that the Incas concealed from the Spaniards. There are some historical records that confirm that the Incas sealed subterranean tunnels in ritual ceremonies. Father Miguel Cavello Balboa wrote about a city of gold and he described Paititi
Paititi
Paititi is a legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land said to lie east of the Andes, hidden somewhere within the remote rain forests of southeast Peru, northern Bolivia or southwest Brazil...
as a place protected by warrior women; he also mentioned the Toromona tribe with notes that it had no mercy in killing.
A Norwegian biologists, Lars Hafskjold, searched exhaustively for this ethnic group (Toromona) and became quite famous by his disappearance (1997) somewhere in the region of the Madidi
Madidi
Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and along with nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and the Manu Biosphere Reserve...
park.