MARUBA TRIBE 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. ABOUT 600 FOLKS . IN 1906 THEY WROTE IN SPANISH. THEY WERE RELATED TO PERUVIANS. THEY WERE RELATED TO PERUVIANS FROM THE HEADWATERS. THE RUBBER BUSINESS COLLAPSED IN 1912 BECAUSE OF LOWER RUBBER PRICES IN MALASIA. BY 1950 THE MARUBA WERE ALMOST ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN BY THE WHITES.

IN 1950 THEY LACKED IRON TOOLS AND GUNS. THEY MET SOME ANGLOS AND EXCHANGED WITH THEM VARIOUS GOODS. IN 1962 MISSIONARIES ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN THE ITUI HEADWATERS. AFTER THE 1960'S THEY CAME TO THE MARUBA AND BECAME LUMBER WORKERS AND EXCHANGED ALL TYPES OF GOODS WITH ANGLOS.

BOTH PARENTS AND OTHERS IN THE DOMESTIC GROUP RAISED THE CHILDREN. THEY DO NOT USE PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT IN CHILD REARING, BUT USE A STINGING NETTLE. THEY BELIEVE IN SPIRITS OR YOVE THAT HAVE HUMAN LOOK ALIKES AND ARE GOOD, IMMORTAL, AND HEALTHY. THE YOCHI ARE HARMFUL ANIMALS OR HUMANS. HUMANS HAVE SEVERAL SOULS THAT OF THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEFT. LAND WAS CREATED BY KANA. PLANTS WERE CREATED BY CREATED KANA MARI. HUMANS EMERGED FROM THE GROUND NEAR THE MOUTH OF A RIVER.

THEY HAVE A FEW SHAMANS WITH YOVE HUTS TO OCCUPY HIS BODY. THE SHAMANS CAN CURE , BUT IT'S MAIN PURPOSE IS TO CONTAIN CONTACT YOVE WITH MEN AND WOMEN. THEIR MAIN 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 MAKE DELICATE STRINGS OF BEADS WITH LIANA STRING. THEY ALSO LIKE TO COOK. THEY USE TOBACCO POWDER TO CURE PEOPLE AS THEY CHANT. A RESIN COLRED PAINT IS APPLIED TO ARCHING BODY PARTS. MOST MEDICINES ARE FROM PLANTS. THEY USED TO CREMATE FOLKS WHO PASSED AWAY BUT NOW BURY THEM.

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