TRIBES OF THE WORLD Five tribes Mori Mursi

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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