The Waorani Tribe
In this essay I will be explaining the life of the
people in the Waorani Tribe, and how they live. I will write about how they
survive using plants and animals in the rainforest.
When the Waorani Tribe hunt, they use different
methods; most of the materials used for weapons come from things they find in
the forests. They make blowpipes from wood, hollow it out and then make small
spears for them from other plants; the poison they use is a combination of
materials from the forest such as the inside liquid of trees and use piranha
teeth to weaken the spear in certain points so that it snaps when the animal
tries to pull it out, the poisoned end remains in the animal.
Boys start hunting at a young age, at first they
use their father’s blowpipes, and it’s the men’s job to hunt, whilst the women
stay at home and cook or make fishing nets. Their methods for catching animals
are very clever and well thought up.
The Waorani Tribe’s family life is that they have
very full houses, there can be up to 18 people per house, and there are no
separate rooms. All stories and knowledge are passed down the generations by
word of mouth. The men and women have separate, and together they manage
everything.
Weapons used are those such as blowpipes, with
poison from trees, spears made from metal if they can find some from materials
left behind and piranha teeth used for the formations of spears.
There are many types of animal in the rainforest; there
are woolly monkeys, many species of bird, eagles that are used to protect them
against strangers, there are jaguars, peccaries (wild pigs),
Plants of the Rainforest have many different uses,
they can be used to eat, feed animals, or play a part in making weapons used
for hunting. Also, some parts of the rainforest are cut down, clearings are
made. In these clearings the women grow the crops, eventually these will grow
back.
The Waorani tribe are nomadic, this means that
they don’t stay in one place, they constantly move around. They set up a place
to live then move on when the land becomes dry.
To Conclude I can say that the Waorani Tribe are
resourceful and survive simply by using what they can find in the Rainforest,
and use the skills that have been passed down through the generations.
If the rainforest was destroyed or cut down, the
Waorani Tribe would have no way to live, everything they use to survive is from
the Rainforest; they couldn’t find any other way for their resources.
