- published: 12 Feb 2013
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The Charrúa are an indigenous people of southern South America in Argentina. Historically they had lived in Uruguay and southern Brazil. They were a nomadic people that sustained themselves through fishing and foraging. They did not build permanent structures, living instead in tents.
The Charrúa are thought to have been driven south into present day Uruguay by the Guaraní people around 4000 years ago.
The Charrúa killed Spanish explorer Juan Díaz de Solís during his 1515 voyage up the Río de la Plata. Following the arrival of European settlers, the Charrúa were progressively killed by or integrated into the prevailing colonial cultures.
Most of the remaining ones were massacred at Salsipuedes (literally "Get-out-if-you-can") Creek on 11 April 1831 by a group led by Bernabé Rivera, nephew of Fructuoso Rivera who later became the first president of Uruguay. Bernabé Rivera had invited the Charrúa to a meeting, then ambushed them. Rivera's forces slew the men and enslaved the women and children. Only a few escaped this massacre. That massacre was followed four months later by another led by Rivera in Mataojo.
Lehraake Balkhaake Lehraake
Balkhaake Balkhaake Balkhaake
Aag Laga Ke Dilo Ko Jala Ke Karoon Main Ishaara
(Sharara Sharara Sharara Sharara
Sharara Sharara Main Hoon Ek Sharara) 2
Shola Hai Yeh Tan Mera Are Dehko Tum Paas Na Aana
Shama Ke Jo Pass Aaya Are Jalta Hai Wohiparwana
Oh Mere Deewano Baat Ko Samjho
Door Se Dekho Mera Yeh Nazara
(Sharara Sharara Sharara Sharara
Sharara Sharara Main Hoon Ek Sharara) 2
Bijli Banke Girti Hoon Main Nagin Banke Dasti Hoon
Cheene Hosh Jo Sab Ke Main Hi To Aisi Masti Hoon
Rang Jalka Doon Saas Mehka Doon Pal
Mein Zadka Doon Main Yeh Dil Tumhara
(Sharara Sharara Sharara Sharara
Sharara Sharara Main Hoon Ek Sharara) 3
Lehraake Balkhaake Lehraake
Balkhaake Balkhaake Balkhaake
Aag Laga Ke Dilo Ko Jala Ke Karoon Main Ishaara
(Sharara Sharara Sharara Sharara
Sharara Sharara Main Hoon Ek Sharara) 2