The workday is done, and one must return home clean, impecable. Not all pools are suitable, but this one is a lovely bathtub in which to give the skin a drink and bring out more of its glow, if thi...
Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro) is a busy beach where remains of the prehistoric Amazonian culture can be found, although you may find it hard to believe. We are far away of the Amazon river, but the n...
The majority of the tribes of the highlands believe in super natural beings that live in the rivers, caves, the sky and the forest and which interweave constantly in the lives of men.
The fights are held between Suri villages, and the fights begin with 20 to 30 people on each side. Of these 20 to 30 people, all get a chance to fight one on one against someone from the other side...
Terminating a pregnancy is illegal in Mozambique, except when there are medical reasons. This means that by the age of nineteen, forty per cent of women are either pregnant for the first time or ar...
Zo'é people are very clean. They have a shower very often, and they help each other cleaning and reaching every inch of their bodies for a perfect personal hygiene.
This is a metaphorical journey through the Amazon delta and the problems that threaten its future as great living river. We will see the work of archaeologists in Marajó Island, emerged right at th...
When explorer Bronislav Malinowski discovered the sex freedom of Pacific Ocean's tribes, he wrote some books about their sexual patterns that scandalized the whole world.
As every evening the Sulawesi girls go to receive their Koran classes. There continue to believe in the spirit that controls the world. Everything that happens in this world is a reflection of his ...
One of the qualities of a human is the ability to have fun and play, or conversely, to get bored. Many scientists, philosophers, naturalists declare that thanks to this gift a human can be healthie...
Thanks to the different rhythms and dance, West African villages can identify families and clans. Every family represents different spirits related to the world of dreams.
The aboriginal culture of Australia, includes a large number of tribes inhabiting the oceanic continent before the arrival of the white man. But all that rich culture is doomed to survive in stocks...
The prego macaque and the guariba are very tasty and the Zo'é won't let them escape. Several youths turn themselves into ape men and they shin up the trunk until they're on a level whit them.
Turtles are rich in proteins and healthy fat. One big turtle can feed a whole family for a week. Turtle Hunting is hard but the profit is worth it for these tribal men.
The Yanomami tribesmen use their aim to hunt animals that live in trees. They use wooden blowguns with very sharp tips. His aim is very important, so they have to practice for many hours.
They are also known as the Poturu, Poturujara, or Buré. The term "Zo'é" means "us," as opposed to non-Indians or enemies. The term "Poturu" is the type of wood used to make embe'po labrets.
The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 20,000 indigenous people who live in some 200--250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.
They are often distinguished linguistically from Austronesians, speakers of a language family introduced into New Guinea about three thousand years ago, but this is not always an ethnic distinction, as New Guinea Austronesians are often seen as Papuan in culture.