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Caquetio, Caiquetio, or Caiquetia, were Indians of northwestern Venezuela, living along the shores of Lake Maracaibo at the time of the Spanish conquest. They moved inland to avoid enslavement by the Spaniards but were eventually destroyed as were their neighbours, the Quiriquire and the Jirajara. But now we are back!

donderdag 6 november 2008

A candle for Johan van Mil

Our thoughts and feelings are with him and his family in these difficult moments!

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