The Yanomami Way of Life: A Need of the Hour
Being the homo sapiens of the 21st century, most of us are so modernized (or westernized) in our ways that we often forget about the existence and crucial importance of traditions around us, barely surviving in the forests away from our blind eyes, perhaps. A tribe which goes by the name Yanomami happens to be one of them. It's amusing to think that even after lacking many of the resources we consider essential, they live in a way which not only saves the near future but also allows them to accept and acknowledge each other thus leading to beautiful harmony. Who are the Yanomami people? The word, ‘Yanomami’ means human being. They’re basically the largest isolated tribe in South America (more specifically, Brazil and Venezuela). Like most tribes on the continent, they possibly migrated across the Bering Straits between Asia and America some 15,000 years ago, making their way slowly down to South America. Currently, their total population stands at around 38,000. They’...