Editing Guaraní people (section)

==Today==
===Argentina===
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File:Jujuy, pueblo Ava Guaraní - comunidad Taperiguá (7742405072).jpg|A Guarani community called ''Taperigua'', in Rodeíto, [[San Pedro de Jujuy|San Pedro]],  [[Jujuy Province|Jujuy]], at the [[Calilegua National Park]], Argentina
File:San Ignacio Miní-2.jpg|The [[San Ignacio Miní|Ruins of San Ignacio Miní]], part of the Jesuit Missions of the Guarani people, near the [[Ruins of Jesús de Tavarangue]]. Today, a tourist spot.
File:Panadería guaraní.jpg|A sign in Guarani language at the kitchen of a bakery, in [[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]]. As it is described in Spanish, the literal translation is: ''place where bread is made'' 
</gallery>Indigenous Guarani in Argentina fight to protect their ancestral lands from illegal logging and government neglect.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Levers |first1=Christian |last2=Romero-Muñoz |first2=Alfredo |last3=Baumann |first3=Matthias |last4=De Marzo |first4=Teresa |last5=Fernández |first5=Pedro David |last6=Gasparri |first6=Nestor Ignacio |last7=Gavier-Pizarro |first7=Gregorio Ignacio |last8=Waroux |first8=Yann le Polain de |last9=Piquer-Rodríguez |first9=María |last10=Semper-Pascual |first10=Asunción |last11=Kuemmerle |first11=Tobias |date=2021-11-02 |title=Agricultural expansion and the ecological marginalization of forest-dependent people |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=118 |issue=44 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2100436118 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=8612363 |pmid=34697233 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021PNAS..11800436L }}</ref> A group formed by members of the Guarani community called "Los Rumberos," or “The Patrollers,” safeguard the forest to deter further encroachment.<ref>{{Cite news |date=Oct 12, 2023 |title=The Jungle Patrollers |language=Guarani, Spanish |work=52 Documentary Series |agency=Voice of America |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89lCclyK7I |access-date=Oct 26, 2023}}</ref>

===Paraguay===
The Guarani people and culture persist. Many are descendants of mission exiles. In [[Paraguay]], Guarani lineage predominates in the population and the Guarani language is spoken in most departments to this day.
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File:Pai Tavytera Indians2.jpg|[[Pai Tavytera people]] in [[Amambay Department]], Paraguay, 2012
File:Paraguay at International Folklore Festival Vitosha.jpg|Through the [[Template:Paraguayan abroad|Paraguayan diaspora]], the Guarani culture can be appreciated in almost every corner of the world. In the picture, the [[Paraguayan polka|Paraguayan folk dance]] group ''Alma Guaraní'' “Guarani Soul” is attending the International Folklore Festival Vitosha in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria.
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===Bolivia===
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File:Tereré en San Rafael de Velasco, Chiquitanía, Santa Cruz, Bolivia..jpg|[[Tereré]], a typical Guarani [[infusion]] of {{lang|es|[[yerba mate]]}}, being taken in [[San Rafael de Velasco]], a [[Media Luna|historical territory]] of the Guarani in [[Bolivia]].
File:GuerrerosdelNorte-Barrabrava.jpg|([[Guaraní language|Guarani]]: ''guavira'' "fruit bush") [[Club Deportivo Guabirá]] fans. The name of the club is one example of the impact the Guarani left in the [[Culture of Bolivia|Bolivian culture]].
File:Bandera de los Pueblos Weenhayek, Tapiete y Guaraní.png|The flag of the Autonomous Guarani Territory of [[Charagua]], [[Bolivia]]
</gallery>[[File:Guarani shaman.JPG|thumb|Guarani [[medicine man]] holding cross and [[maraca]]]]The [[Eastern Bolivian Guarani]], being one of many [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia]], live in the [[Gran Chaco]], near the [[Pilcomayo River]], in  [[Media Luna|southeastern Bolivia]] close to the Paraguayan and Argentine borders, including portions of [[Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)|Santa Cruz]], [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]], [[Tarija Department]]s. This region reaches nearly as far north as [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] and includes portions of the [[Guapay River|Guapay]], [[Parapetí River|Parapetí]], and [[Pilcomayo River|Ɨtɨka Guasu (or Pilcomayo) River]] valleys.<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Duke University Press | isbn = 978-0-8223-4529-9 | last = Gustafson | first = Bret Darin | title = New languages of the state : indigenous resurgence and the politics of knowledge in Bolivia | location = Durham | year = 2009 | page = 2 }}</ref> The Bolivian Guarani are represented by the [[Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia#Member organizations|Assembly of the Guarani People]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fao.org/3/y5311s/y5311s05.htm#TopOfPage|title=YASAREKOMO - Una experiencia de comunicación indígena en Bolivia}}</ref> Some Guarani placenames in Bolivia: [[Yacuiba]], Paraimiri, {{ill|Itaimbeguasu|gn|vertical-align=sup}}, Tatarenda, Saipurú, Capirenda, Itay, Ibamiragera, Carandaytí, Ipaguasú, [[Abapó]], Timboy, [[Caraparí]], [[Urubichá]], {{ill|Kuruguakua|gn|vertical-align=sup}}, [[Guanay]], [[Yaguarú]] and [[Rogagua Lake|Rogagua]].

There are three principal subgroups of Guarani in Bolivia,<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Duke University Press | isbn = 978-0-8223-4529-9 | last = Gustafson | first = Bret Darin | title = New languages of the state : indigenous resurgence and the politics of knowledge in Bolivia | location = Durham | year = 2009 | page = xix }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1215/00141801-2006-019 | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 689–714 [691] | last = Combes | first = Isabelle |author2=Kathleen Lowrey | title = Slaves without Masters? Arawakan Dynasties among the Chiriguano (Bolivian Chaco, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries) | journal = Ethnohistory | date = 2006-10-01 }}</ref> marked by dialectical and historical differences:
* Around fifty thousand '''Ava Guarani''' principally in the Andean foothills. ''Ava'' means ''man'' in Guarani, and thus ''Ava Guarani'' has become the name for numerous Guarani ethnic groups in Paraguay and Brazil.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1215/00141801-2006-019 | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 689–714 [708] | last = Combes | first = Isabelle |author2=Kathleen Lowrey | title = Slaves without Masters? Arawakan Dynasties among the Chiriguano (Bolivian Chaco, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries) | journal = Ethnohistory | date = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>
* '''Simba''' ([[Quechua languages|Quechua]]: ''braid'') Guarani who live near the Pilcomayo River and have been identified by men maintaining a tradition of braided hair, although most young men no longer uphold this practice.<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Duke University Press | isbn = 978-0-8223-4529-9 | last = Gustafson | first = Bret Darin | title = New languages of the state : indigenous resurgence and the politics of knowledge in Bolivia | location = Durham | year = 2009 | page = 102 }}</ref> They are sometimes called '''Guarani katui''' ([[Eastern Bolivian Guarani|Guarani]]: ''Guarani par excellence'')
* The '''[[Izoceño]]''' Guarani or '''Tapɨi of Izozog''' who live in the region of Ɨsoso or Izozo on the [[Parapetí River]]