They live in the department of Cauca. Its Major Resguardo is in the municipality of Silvia and they live
in nearby places like the western slope of the Central Mountain Range of the Colombian Andes and
others have migrated to the department of Huila.
ECONOMY
For the Misak, the earth is the Mother. The basis of its economy is agriculture Its main crops are corn,
potatoes, coffee, ulluco, lentils, beans, cabbage and beans.
CULTURE
Their thinking is dual, they are oppositions like sun-moon, male-female. The merepik is the
Guambian healer, chosen among children with disposition and educated to talk with the spirits.
Make the cleaning ceremony called pishimarөp.
CLOTHING
The traditional suit of man is a short blue skirt that wrap around the waist, two rectangular ruanas and
hat. The women wear a black skirt, a single color blouse and blue woolen shawl.
LANGUAGE
They speak their own language, the wampi-same erawan or wam or other languages, which is closely
related to the Totoró languages.
SOCIAL ORDER
Its main authority is the Cabildo Mayor de Guambiano, in Silvia. Patrilocal domestic groups are the
basis of social organization. They practice ethnic inbreeding and veredal exogamy.