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TRIBES OF THE WORLD
Five tribes
• Māori
• Mursi
• Yanomami
• Mosuo
• Korowai
MĀORI PEOPLE
Māori background
• New Zealand
• Arrived there in 12 canoes
• Similar to social class structure
• Iwi Hapū Whānau
• Democratic order
Māori culture
• Language
–Great concern to keep it alive
–Raise awareness among the youngest
–Names keep their origin
Māori culture
• Art – Tattooing (two main aims):
• Signify status
• Attract opposite sex
– Bone carving:
• Ocean creatures
• Others
– Wood carving
MURSI PEOPLE
Mursi background
• Localisation
• Work
• Diet
Mursi culture
• Language
• Lip plate (12 to 15 centimetres)
• Bride wealth
• Prestige
• Body painting
• Ornaments
• Donga
YANOMAMI PEOPLE
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 20.000 indigenous survive
Yanomami culture
• Language – 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
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
MOSUO PEOPLE
Mosuo background
• Matriarchal society
• Middle Ages
• Polyandry
• Walking marriages
Mosuo culture
• Language
• “Come of age” ceremony
• Buddhism & Daba
• Death
• Dogs
KOROWAI PEOPLE
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
Korowai culture
• Language
– 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 10- 12 people
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