“When a Maká perishes, we don’t use a cross.” The community does dig graves for loved ones who have recently died. Relatives cover the bodies with a cloak and the person’s ...

“We are a different culture, though,” Martínez said. “When a Maká perishes, we don’t use a cross.” The community does dig graves for loved ones who have recently died. Relatives cover the bodies with ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Many Maká traditions have slowly faded. Yet a few elders among these Paraguayan Indigenous people recall how their songs imitated birds. “Men used to say that, as ...