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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