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TRIBES OF THE WORLD
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Five tribes Māori Mursi Yanomami Mosuo Korowai
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MĀORI PEOPLE
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Māori background New Zealand Arrived there in 12 canoes
Similar to social class structure Iwi Hapū Whānau Democratic order
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Māori culture Language Great concern to keep it alive
Raise awareness among the youngest Names keep their origin
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Māori culture Art Tattooing (two main aims): Bone carving:
Signify status Attract opposite sex Bone carving: Ocean creatures Others Wood carving
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MURSI PEOPLE
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Mursi background Localisation Work Diet
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Mursi culture Language Lip plate (12 to 15 centimetres) Bride wealth
Prestige Body painting Ornaments Donga
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YANOMAMI PEOPLE
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Yanomami background Amazone rainforest, between Venezuela and Brazil
Villages contain between 50 to 400 people They live in a common roof called shabono Polygenic Only about indigenous survive
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Yanomami culture Language Rituals
Yanomaman language is unrelated to other South American indigenous languages Unknown origin Many variations and dialects Rituals Celebrate good harvest with big feasts. Lots of drinks, food, dancing and singing. Hallucinogenic drugs and endocannibalism
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Yanomami culture Curiosities:
First menstruation symbolizes the beginning of womanhood As soon as the period begins, girls are married off Belief that menstrual blood is poisonous
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MOSUO PEOPLE
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Mosuo background Matriarchal society Middle Ages Polyandry
Walking marriages
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Mosuo culture Language “Come of age” ceremony Buddhism & Daba Death
Dogs
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KOROWAI PEOPLE
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Korowai background Existence acknowledged in 1970’s
South east of Papua New Guinea Population around 3000 people Diet Cannibalism Larva insects, tree sap Good fishermen and cultivators
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Korowai culture Language Way of life They don’t have a language per se
Imitate the sounds of birds Way of life Tree houses Escape from mosquitoes and other tribes’ attacks Clans of people
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