MARUBA INDIANS IN BRAZIL

THE MARUBA LIVE IN THE SOUTHWEST AMAZON THEY HAVE SUBGROUPS. BY THE MID 1900'S THEY CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTHERN 1/3 OF THE REGION. THEIR REGION IS COVERED BY A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST. THEIR POPULATION IS INCREASING BUT THEY WERE DEVASTATED BY THE RUBBER BOOM. THEY HAVE ABOUT 600 FOLKS. IN 1906 THEY WROTE IN SPANISH. THEY WERE RELATED TO THE PERUVIANS FROM THE HEADWATERS. THE RUBBER BUSINESS COLLAPSED IN 1912 BECAUSE OF LOWER PRICES IN MALAYSIA. BY 1950 THE MARUBA WERE ALMOST ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN BY THE WHITES. IN THIS PERIOD THEY LACKED IRON TOOLS AND GUNS. THEY MET SOME ANGLOS AND EXCHANGED ITEMS. IN 1962 MISSIONARIES ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN THE ITUI HEADWATERS. AFTER THE 1960'S THE MISSIONARIES CAME TO THE MARUBU AND BECAME LUMBER WORKERS AND EXCHANGED ALL TYPES OF GOODS WITH ANGLOS.

THEY DO NOT USE USE PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT IN CHILD REARINGS, BUT USED STINGING NETTLE. THEY BELIEVE. THEY BELIEVE IN SPIRITS OR YOVE THAT HAVE HUMAN LOOK ALIKES AND ARE GOOD IMORTAL AND HEALTHY. THE YOCHI ARE HARMFUL ANIMALS OR HUMANS THAT HAVE SEVERAL SOULS- THAT OF THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEFT SIDE.. LAND WAS MADE BY KANA. PLANTS WERE MADE BY KANA MARI. HUMANS EMERGED FROM THE GROUND NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
THEY HAVE A FEW SHAMANS WITH YOVE HUTS TO OCCUPY HIS BODY. THE SHAMAN CAN CURE, BUT ITS
MAIN PURPOSE IS TO CONTACT YOVE WITH MEN AND WOMEN. THEIR CEREMONIES MARK THE MAIZE HARVEST, WHERE THEY HAVE A BIG MEAL AND DRINK BEER AND DRUM IN A HUT.

THEY BUILD HUTS OF WOOD AND THE DELICACY OF STRINGS OF BEADS, THEY MAKE LIANA STRING AND COOK. THEY USE A TOBACCO POWDER TO CURE PEOPLE AS THEY CHANT . A RESIN COLORED PAINT IS APPLIED TO TO ACHING BODY PARTS. MOST MEDICINES ARE FROM PLANTS. THEY USED TO CREMATE THE DEAD, BUT TODAY THEY BURY THEM.

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