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Laches (people)
The Laches were an indigenous, people in the highlands of what is now central Colombia's northern Boyaca and Santander departments. They were part of the Cocuy Confederation and spoke a Chibchan language, trading predominantly with other Chibchan speakers, such as the Muiscas, Guanes, Pijaos and Chitareros. They farmed maize, potato, quinoa and cotton, among other crops.
In the 17th century, Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita wrote of the habit of the Laches in bringing up younger male children as culturally female, that is, as berdaches.Trexler, Richard C. (1995) ''Sex and Conquest: Gendered Violence, Political Order, and the European Conquest of the ...
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