Warao history

AI note: expansion-2026-08: overview compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao). Population figure: 49271 (2011, Venezuela 2011 national census, cited by Wikipedia (EN)). Awaiting contributor and community review. Sensitivity: Ongoing humanitarian displacement; describe migration and health crises factually and without stigmatizing language.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.

AI note: sections-wave3-2026-08: compiled with AI assistance as original prose from cited public sources (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraos, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language, https://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Warao-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html, https://www.acnur.org/noticias/stories/la-fibra-de-moriche-cobra-vida-de-la-mano-de-artesanas-indigenas-venezolanas, https://dolsenmusic.com/ethnomusicology-as-advocacy-the-warao-of-venezuela/, https://farfanestudio.es/2009/10/15/sistemas-bioclimaticos-y-adaptacion-al-medio-de-la-arquitectura-palafitica-warao-el-janoco/, https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from-orinoco-to-amazon-indigenous-warao-struggle-in-search-of-refuge/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_River). Sensitivity: Display name: Warao (plural Warao, not 'Waraos' in English). 'Guarauno' and 'Guarao' are colonial-era spellings found in old sources; avoid as display names. Population figures are from the 2001 and 2011 Venezuelan censuses and are badly out of date given mass displacement since roughly 2016 - every figure here should be treated as historical, not current. The 2001 census speaker count (4,066) conflicts sharply with linguistic estimates near 28,000 and is flagged in the language section rather than silently resolved. Pottery is recorded as effectively absent as a living craft, with the delta's archaeological ceramics explicitly NOT attributed to Warao ancestors, because that attribution is disputed. Medicine section names the role of plant knowledge and tobacco but gives no plant parts, preparations or doses; this is a safety line, and the specific pharmacopoeia is the community's own intellectual property. Ritual specialist categories (wisiratu, bahanarotu, hoarotu) are recorded as publicly documented social roles; no song texts, chant translations or sequences are reproduced. Coverage of HIV, tuberculosis and rabies is included because it is publicly reported and materially affects the community, but it should not be allowed to define the profile. Individual artist names are largely absent from accessible sources - this is recorded as a gap for contributors to fill, not filled by guessing. Awaiting contributor and community review.