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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