The Siriano, also written Siriana, are an Indigenous people of the Vaupés region. They are part of the Eastern Tukanoan cultural world, where language, kinship, territory, river systems, and ceremony are deeply connected.
Siriano communities are associated with chagra agriculture, fishing, hunting, craftwork, oral tradition, and family-based education. Elders transmit knowledge through stories, guidance, daily work, and participation in community life.
Like many smaller Amazonian peoples, the Siriano face pressures from migration, schooling systems, outside economies, and language loss. Cultural continuity requires territory, language protection, youth participation, and respect for traditional authority.
For Dulce Amazónica, the Siriano remind visitors that smaller communities deserve careful attention. They should not be erased inside broad categories. Every people carries its own relationship to the forest and its own way of understanding life.
One of Many Voices
This community is one of many Indigenous peoples whose presence, knowledge, and artisanías are represented through Dulce Amazónica in Guatapé, Colombia. When you visit, you meet an ambassador from one of our partner communities in person.