By: Maria Fernanda Sanchez Diaz

Korowai

Characteristics Papua, Indonesia. Discovered in 1970

The primitive Korowai have a long tradition of cannibalism.

A family of up to eight people will live in a wooden house with a sago-leaf ceiling that’s built 6–12 meters above the ground on a single tree (1 year)

There are about 3,000 tribe members left. Wearing only banana leaves, these hunter-gatherers eat bananas, sago, deer, and wild boar

The samburu

Characteristics For hundreds of years, the Samburu roamed semi-arid

northern Kenya in search of water and grass for the livestock that are their sole source of food.

The police rape the Samburu, beat them, and burn their houses down.

They have a systematic rape ritual called “beading” is supposed to prevent promiscuity in girls, some as young as six years old

The awa

Characteristics Before their territory was invaded, the nomadic Awa

tribe had lived in harmony with the Amazon rain forest in Brazil for centuries.

They were hunters but they take care of orphaned animals.

There are only about 350 Awa left, 100 of whom have no contact with outsiders.

under pressure from rights groups such as Survival International, the Brazilian government launched Operation Awa to evict the invaders and return the dwindling Awa to their land.

The mursi

Characteristics A tribe of less than 10,000 people from southwestern

Ethiopia.

the Mursi are known for the lip-plates worn by their women.

the Mursi are considered nomads by the Ethiopian government. They moved to one place to another in order to find grass for they animals, area currency to trade for grain and to validate social relationships like marriage

The huaorani

Characteristics The Huaorani have a long history of using deadly

spears and blowguns against everyone else in their Amazon rain forest home in Ecuador.

All men in the tribe can have several wives and also married with women of his family.

they never hunted deer and not any snakes or jaguars and other carnivores like the eagle.

the ladakhis

characteristics Patience, tolerance, and honesty are held above all

other values. People always help one another, and there’s no money but also no poverty.

Lying, stealing, aggression, and arguments are almost unknown (they are really happy)

Ladakh was almost completely isolated until a road was built in 1962 to connect this area with the rest of India.

the modern world intruded to destroy it like the serpent in the Garden of Eden.

The wayuu

characteristics The Wayuu are the most numerous indigenous people

of Venezuela and Colombia

The man may have several wives. Before marriage the groom must agree with the parents of the bride at a meeting called Apaja and deliver to them the amount of livestock and jewelry they agree

It used in the celebrations related to the development of women and involves steps where she progresses challenging the man, trying not to fall back