Tarahumara - Tarahumara (English spelling)

Japanese: タラウマラ - たらうまら（英語表記）Tarahumara

Indigenous people of Uto-Aztec descent who live in the dry mountain and hilly areas of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Linguistically they are close to the Yaqui, and culturally they are similar to the Huichol. Many of the population of about 75,000 also speak Spanish. The Tarahumara are made up of three subcultural groups and do not form a political unity as a whole. They cultivate corn, beans, pumpkins, and tomatoes, as well as raising goats and cattle, with hunting and gathering still playing a secondary role. In summer, they live in plank houses in the cool mountains, forming household groups called rancherias, but in winter, they spend their time with their livestock in the warm valleys, in mud-brick or stone houses or caves, practicing a kind of transhumance.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

メキシコ北部チワワ州の乾燥した山岳･丘陵地に住むウト･アステカ語系の原住民。言語的にはヤキに近く，文化的にはウイチョルに類似している。約7万5000の人口の多くはスペイン語も併用する。3亜文化集団から成り，タラウマラ全体としては政治的統一体を形成していない。トウモロコシ，豆，カボチャ，トマトの栽培のほか，ヤギ，牛の飼育に携わり，狩猟･採集もその補助的重要性を失っていない。夏季は冷涼な山岳地で板造の家に住み，ランチェリアという世帯集合を形成するが，冬季は家畜を伴い温暖な谷間の日乾煉瓦や石造の家あるいは洞窟で過ごすという，一種の移牧を行う。

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