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U'wa Tribe is an indigenous tribe located deep inside the Colombian rain forest.
Historically[]
The U'wa people are a real life indigenous tribe living in the cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. Historically, the U'wa numbered as many as 20,000, scattered over a homeland that extended across the Venezuela-Colombia border. Some 7-8,000 U'wa are alive today.
The U'wa are known to neighboring indigenous peoples as "the thinking people" or "the people who speak well". They were formerly called Tunebo, but today prefer to be known as U'wa, meaning "people". [1]
In the game they look more like an Amazonian tribe, mostly by the Jaguar references and their haircut, but in real life they don't have this aesthetic and don't live in the jungle.
In game, they make reference to their god, represented by a Jaguar named Tezcatlipoca, which, in reality, is the name of an Aztec deity.
Hitman: Codename 47[]
They play a vital part in the assassination of one of Agent 47's fathers, Colombian drug lord Pablo Ochoa. Once 47 returns a precious U'wa idol which is the symbol of their tribal religion, he is asked to rescue the chieftain's brother from captivity. Said brother was held by cartel gunmen in a bridge overlooked by two towers. Agent 47 skillfully fred the chieftain's brother and, when both are back at the tribe, the grateful chieftain gives 47 information on a secret passage leading to the rear of Pablo's armed camp. The U'wa Chieftain gladly helps 47, due to his view of owing help and to his dislike of Pablo, phrased as "man with the cocaine heart".
Their hostility is triggered by Pablo stealing the sacred tribe's idol sometime before the mission Find the U'Wa Tribe. Further reference that proves the U'wa tribe is hostile towards Pablo is implicitly stated in his letter to Frantz. In the letter, he said that he would have been killed by the tribesmen if not for his special elixir. [2]
Hitman: Absolution[]
They are briefly referenced in the mission Blackwater Park, where a bottle of U'wa Tribe Poison can be picked up.
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Trivia[]
- The tribe has a large jaguar, Tezcatlipoca, and they worship it as their god. Agent 47 must feed this jaguar to pass into Pablo's camp.
- Despite the real life reference to the indigenous U'wa tribe, the in-game representation takes elements from other Pre-Colombian cultures like the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans.