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Maleku Indians

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The Maleku welcomed us with a dance Maleku warriors demonstrated stick fighting Maleku maidens dreamed of suitors bringing paca    
 
Ben was treated with medicinal drumbeats He answered the stick fighting challenge The win was celebrated with a kiss The loser was awarded the shirt off his back  


The Maleku are an indigenous tribe in Costa Rica located in the Guaruso Indigenous Reserve near the town of San Rafael de Guatuso. Around 600 aboriginal people live on the reserve, but outsiders have come into the community as well. Before the Spanish colonization, their territory extended as far west as Rincon de la Vieja, and included the volcano Arenal to the south and Rio Celeste as sacred sites. Today their reserve is concentrated south of San Rafael de Guatuso, an hour north of La Fortuna.

 

 

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