Enlhet Norte

The Enlhet Norte speak Enlhet and live in communities in the central Chaco, among them those of Yalve Sanga, in the Loma Plata district. According to archaeology, the Enlhet and Enenlhet peoples arrived in the Paraguayan Chaco from a sub-Andean region in the north-west and gradually settled the central and lower Chaco. They are the most numerous people in the Maskoy family.

Caraguatá and karanda'y thread are part of their craft, made mostly by women. The women artisans of Yalve Sanga organised themselves into an association to sell their products better. If you want to approach their crafts, do so at the Instituto Paraguayo de Artesanía fairs or at the artisan houses the communities themselves open, and do not enter a community without an invitation and prior arrangement. To learn more, the Museo Etnográfico Dr. Andrés Barbero (Asunción) and the Centro de Artes Visuales / Museo del Barro, which holds an Indigenous art collection, are two starting points; check opening hours before you go.