The Cambeba people (also known as the Omagua, Umana, and Kambeba) are an indigenous people in Brazil's Amazon Basin, with territory extending into Peru. They speak the Omagua language. The Cambeba exist today in small numbers, but they were a populous, organized society in the late Pre-Columbian era. Their population suffered steep decline, mostly from infectious diseases, in the early years of the Columbian Exchange.
The name Cambeba seems to have been applied by other neighboring tribes and refers to the Omagua custom of flattening their children's heads by binding a piece of wood to the forehead soon after birth. Omagua women would jeer at the women from other tribes, saying that their heads were "round like those of forest savages." In the 18th century, the Omaguas would point out to travelers that their flattened foreheads were a sign of cultural superiority over their neighbors, and for a long time they resisted abandoning this custom, even under missionary pressure.
Niga tteonabeorin hue nan iseongeul irheoga
Maeil bam, sure chwihae biteulgeoryeo nan
Yogeul baeteo chagapdeon niga tteoollaseo
Gibuni deoreowo age batchyeo sorireul jilleobwa
Kkaejin geoul soge bichin nae eolgul
Sansani jogangnan uri sarang gata jeonbu
Jidokhan I jeolbyeoge kkeute seoseo
Neowaui gieokdeureul jjijeobeoryeo nan eobseo
What can I do?(what can I do?)
Miro sogeseo gireul hemaeda geu jarie
What can I say?(what can I say?)
Huimihaejyeo ga, ni eolguri boijil anha
Umjigil su eobseo eodum sogeseo
Neukkil suga eobseo nunmuri heulleo
Neoran gieok soge gatyeoisseo no~
Jebal naui soneul jabajwo kkaeeonal su itge please don’t go
Wae sseuregicheoreom nal beoryeoseo
Daeche wae nan amugeotdo hal su eobseo
Daeche wae wae wae nan maeil
Neowaui chueokdeureul da jibeodeonjyeo
Mianhae eojjeol suga eobseo
Ireoke barabol subakken
Niga eomneun geon nae gyeote eomneun geon
Simjangi meojeo jugeun geowa gateun geot
Sum swil su eobseo neo eobsi saneun geon sangsanghagijocha sirheo
Nan mideo niga animyeon an doeneungeol
Neomu apa na michyeobeoril geot gata
Ni hyanggiga jitge baeeo
Maeumi teojyeobeoril geot gata
Ulgobulgo igeon anirago ttesseobwado
Cham janinhagedo neon amu maldo haji anha
What can I do?(what can I do?)
Kkaeeonaryeogo balbeodungchyeodo geu jarie
What can I say?(what can I say?)
Saranghaetjanha naneun niga jeonbuyeotjanha
Umjigil su eobseo eodum sogeseo
Neukkil suga eobseo nunmuri heulleo
Neoran gieok soge gatyeoisseo no~
Jebal naui soneul jabajwo kkaeeonal su itge please don’t go
Wae sseuregicheoreom nal beoryeoseo
Daeche wae nan amugeotdo hal su eobseo
Daeche wae wae wae nan maeil
Neowaui chueokdeureul da jibeodeonjyeo
Nae ane niga sumeul swieo
Neol chatgo isseo neol ango sipeo
Simjangi tadeureo gaseo
Jugeulkkabwa deoneun mot chamgesseo
Umjigil su eobseo eodum sogeseo
Neukkil suga eobseo nunmuri heulleo
Neoran gieok soge gatyeoisseo no~