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The Yanomami and The The Yanomami and The HuliHuli
© Karen Devine 2010
The YanomamiThe Yanomami The Yanomami are The Yanomami are
indigenous peoples indigenous peoples living in tropical living in tropical rainforests in Brazil rainforests in Brazil and Venezuela.and Venezuela.
Much of their Much of their rainforest lands rainforest lands have been lost have been lost during to land during to land clearing by Multi-clearing by Multi-national national corporations.corporations.
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The YanomamiThe Yanomami
The Yanomami are shifting The Yanomami are shifting cultivators. cultivators.
They grow:They grow:a)a) plantainsplantainsb)b) vegetablesvegetablesc)c) maizemaized)d) cassavacassavae)e) yamsyamsf)f) sweet potatoessweet potatoesg)g) bananasbananash)h) melonsmelonsi)i) pawpaws.pawpaws.
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The YanomamiThe Yanomami Shifting cultivators Shifting cultivators
will clear sections of will clear sections of the rainforest to the rainforest to grow crops. grow crops.
They need to move They need to move to another plot of to another plot of land annually land annually because the soil because the soil quickly becomes quickly becomes exhausted due to exhausted due to leaching.leaching.
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The YanomamiThe Yanomami
The The Yanomami Yanomami are also are also hunters and hunters and fishers.fishers.
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The HuliThe Huli The Huli of The Huli of
Papua New Papua New Guinea are Guinea are shifting shifting cultivators.cultivators.
They farm the They farm the mountainous mountainous rainforest areas rainforest areas of Papua New of Papua New Guinea.Guinea. © Karen Devine 2010
The HuliThe Huli
The Huli The Huli grow:grow:
a)a) sweet potatosweet potato
b)b) vegetablesvegetables
c)c) sugar canesugar cane
d)d) corn.corn.
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The HuliThe Huli Men and women Men and women
generally live generally live separate lives.separate lives.
Men hunt wild pigs Men hunt wild pigs and live in a and live in a communal house.communal house.
Women are the Women are the cultivators living cultivators living near their crops.near their crops.
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The HuliThe Huli
Shifting Shifting cultivators move cultivators move to another plot of to another plot of ground when the ground when the soil under their soil under their crops becomes crops becomes exhausted.exhausted.
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The HuliThe Huli By moving to By moving to
different grounds, the different grounds, the shifting cultivator shifting cultivator allows the soil to allows the soil to regenerate naturally. regenerate naturally.
It is “green farming” It is “green farming” in action.in action.
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The HuliThe Huli
The Huli are an The Huli are an isolated isolated community, yet community, yet they have still they have still experienced the experienced the impact of the impact of the outside world.outside world.
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Pause PointPause Point
Watch Film on the Watch Film on the YanomamiYanomami..
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Question Time?Question Time?
Why are the Why are the numbers of numbers of indigenous indigenous peoples peoples declining in declining in rainforest rainforest areas?areas?
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