In
this essay we will discuss the Waorani tribe of the Amazon. The Waorani tribe are the only tribe like
them in the world. The tribe live in
We
start firstly to look tools and weapons.
The tribe apart from a few things make there own.
They
use a lot resource available.
One
of the most interesting things I think they make are
the darts. To make the darts the men
have to go into the rainforest look for a tree.
This tree has vines called Curare which are poisonous.
They
test the poison by licking the vine and seeing if it’s bitter, if it’s bitter
then its poison and they strip the vines down, role them up, and take it home.
When
they are at home, they make darts out of wood then heat the poison and smother
the darts, These will kill the pray.
Secondly,
we will look at family life.
They
have a good life living of a family of 15.
They have to move house every 6 months because the ground becomes
infertile so they cannot grow things.
The men do all the hunting, building and making and the women do the
growing and cooking.
The
children at the age of 11 are allowed to borrow there fathers blow tube, take it in the
forest and do some hunting.
Next
we will look at the garden and how they look after the crops. One thing that
they grow is manioc which they mash up, this then becomes a
alcohol. They grow lots of these as
Adults drink a gallon a day.
BY
Thomas Brown and Matthew Moran