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Sun Dec 20, 2009
CARACAS (AFP) – The world's tallest waterfall -- Angel Falls in southern Venezuela should be stripped of the name by which it is widely known in favour of its indigenous one, President Hugo Chavez said.
The falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were spotted by US pilot Jimmy Angel in 1937, bringing international attention to what has become one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, though it is in remote Bolivar state.
In indigenous Pemon, the falls are called Kerepakupai meru, meaning "waterfall of the deepest place."
CARACAS (AFP) – The world's tallest waterfall -- Angel Falls in southern Venezuela should be stripped of the name by which it is widely known in favour of its indigenous one, President Hugo Chavez said.
The falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were spotted by US pilot Jimmy Angel in 1937, bringing international attention to what has become one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, though it is in remote Bolivar state.
In indigenous Pemon, the falls are called Kerepakupai meru, meaning "waterfall of the deepest place."
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