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Name: Yora Culture: Amahuaca

__Language__ : Panoan

__Beliefs:__  The Amahuaca tribe has a make up of 75% christianity and 25% ethnic religions. Out of the 75% in christianity, 50% is roman catholic and the remaining 25% is protestant. They believed that Indians were the first nonhuman animals. They believe that they originated from an xopaan, a gourd-like fruit from the begonia.

__Behaviors:__  The Amahuaca tribe sends their children, especially boys, to school for a few years. Being bilingual is common among them. Children are allowed extreme freedom in play. Discipline would only consist of neglect, ridicule, and threats. The oldest male is the head of the household. At the age of 3, the child’s ears and septum is pierced for ornaments. Men hunt, fish, build, and farm.

__Values:__  Marriages are arranged for the children, they become engaged while infants but, if the father of the girl refuses to give up his daughter, then he will be killed and the couple can elope. Men sometimes takes and immature girl for a wife. It’s rare for land to be inherited, mainly tools and weapons. If any person is suspected of adultery with an outsider, they are punished with murder.

__Traditions:__  As a ceremony, boys are expected to be stung by wasps.A healer blows smoke in to the patient's nostrils, allowing his jaguar alter ego to go in and fetch the patient's lost soul. After someone dies, they are cremated and their remaining bones and teeth are ground up and mixed with soup and fed to their closest relative. To keep the spirit from lingering around, the possesions are broken or buried.

__​Goodwill Ambassador:__ They care for their enviorment, they live a simple way of life, and they have different ways of living in their culture that can show us a simpler and different way of life.Learning their culture can also help us get a different view on different cultures and help us be more accepting.

__Sources:__

===="INTERCONTINENTAL CRY." Intercontinental Cry. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. ====

===="Countries and Their Cultures." History and Cultural Relations. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. ====