Yanomamo

StudyBlue printing of Yanomamo html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; outline: 0; font-size: 100%; background: transparent; } body { line-height: 1; } blockquote, q { quotes: none; } blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after { content: ''; content: none; } /* remember to define focus styles! */ :focus { outline: 0; } /* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */ ins { text-decoration: none; } del { text-decoration: line-through; } /* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */ table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; } /* end RESET */ .header { min-width:800px; } .logo { padding:6px 20px 2px 20px; margin:0; font-size:25px; font-weight:bold; color:#808285; position:relative; border-bottom: 1px solid #c5c5c5; } .logo-blue { color:#70adc4; } .logo-desc { font-weight:normal; font-size:19px; color:#cccccc; margin-top:50px; position:absolute; display: none; } .back-button { position:absolute; top:20px; right:20px; font-size:13px; line-height:25px; color:rgb(0,175,225); font-weight:normal; } .back-button a { color:rgb(0,175,225); } .instructions { padding:0; margin:0; width:100%; position:relative; color:rgb(100,100,100); } .step-holder { border-left:1px solid #ededed; margin-left:20px; } .steps { padding:15px 0; float:left; width:24%; border-right:1px solid #ededed; text-align:center; } .steps-01 { } .steps-02 { } .steps-03 { } .steps-04 { } .label { padding:5px 10px; } .print-button { } .print-button a { background-color:rgb(0,175,225); color:white; line-height: 19px; padding:9px 8px 5px 30px; font-size:14px; text-decoration:none; background-image: url(images/printer.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 7px 50%; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } .print-button a:hover { background-color:black; } .theNote .content { width: 8.0in !important; margin: 5px auto; padding:20px; background-color:white; } .theNote .header { border-bottom: 1px dashed #C8C8C8; font-size: 17px; padding: 0 0 10px; line-height: 19px; color: #00ADE1; min-width:500px; } .theNote .body { font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 10px 0; } .theNote{ padding:6px 0; clear:both; background-color: rgb(200,200,200); } .theNote h3{ color: rgb(100,100,100); } .theNote h1, .theNote h3{ background-color:white; padding:2px 20px; width:8.0in !important; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 15px; } .theNote h1{ padding-top: 10px; font-size: 15px; } .theNote h1:first-child{ font-size: 20px; } .theNote h3 { font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } #options { border: 3px double #ccc; padding: 5px 12px; margin: 10px 50px 10px 20px; float: left; } #info { border-top: 1px solid #ccc; padding-top: 5px; font-style: italic; } li { margin: 5px 10px 5px 25px; } ul li { list-style: disc; } ol li { list-style: decimal; } img { border: 0; } table { clear: both; width: 100%; border: 1px solid #c5c5c5; border-width: 1px 0; margin: 0; page-break-after: always; } table#page { page-break-after: auto; } td { text-align: center; font-size: 12px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #c5c5c5; height: 1.75in; width: 50%; padding-left: 15px; } .leftside { border-right: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 0 15px 0 0; } .bottom td { border-bottom: none; } .clearfix { clear:both; line-height:1px; height:1px; } img { max-width:80%; max-height:150px; margin:20px; } @media print {.header { display: none; } .content .header{ display:inherit; } table { border: 1px dashed #bbb; border-width: 1px 0; } .theNote{ background-color:white; } } Review on Yanomamo Myth and Cosmos: The Yanomamo believe the cosmos to be split up into four parallel layers. They tend to think in the way that they fall down through time. The top layer is desolate and was where many forms of life started; however, it is a layer the Yanomamo hardly regard. The second layer is the layer above what we see as the sky. This is where dead ancestors go and it is very much the same as earth, there is still work to be done, and food and living is the same. The third layer is the layer of earth that the Yanomamo currently live on. The bottom layer is also barren, this is where it is said that a peculiar group of Yanomamo live and it is said that these people can come up to the regular Yanomamo and hunt them, for they are cannibals. The Soul: Yanomamo view the soul as a thing that grows as a person does. It has different parts that do different things. The first part of the soul that after the person dies goes to a spirit and it is asked if it has been generous in life, if they person says yes they get to move on to a mortal life, if they say no, they go to a fire place. However, the Yanomamo don’t worry too much about this process because they feel like they can trick the spirit. Another part of the soul is a part that gets released during cremation and it floats around. The most critical part is the moamo, it is highly vulnerable to attacks. In addition to all these souls, each Yanomamo also has a soul counterpart with an animal; these are obtained from their same sex parent. It is very clear by which animals they have that there is a connection between male superiority and women’s inferiority. Shamans and Spirits: A Shaman is a man or women in a tribal society who manipulate the spirit world. They can cure the sick, diagnose illnesses and prescribe a remedy; they are the link between human and sprits in the context of health versus sickness. The Shamans are filled with their hekura and some accomplished Shamans have many inside them, and it is their job to keep them happy and content. Age and Gender Roles: There is a very clear division between males and females within the Yanomamo. Girls have little choice on which men they marry, in many cases the girls have been “promised” to a man before she has even hit puberty, which in the Yanomamo culture, is the time for the girl to be married. The women, once married, do much of the grunt work in the relationship, for instance, making sure there is always fresh wood for the fire. Men also hit their wives very often in relationships, a tradition that is shown to boys at a very young age. There is also a division between the children and the adult. Girls are forced to become adults much sooner, in their early adolescence, whereas boys stay children well into their teenage years. It is clear when a girl is a woman because of her menstrual cycle beginning. For the boys, it is harder to define; one way though, is that when people stop referring to him using his first name.