VENEZUELA: Adventures in Amazonia (continued, part 4) When we reached the village, it seemed, all of its residents came out to greet us with their spears in their hands, their faces expressed mixed feelings. Later we learned that they are not to come out to greet us, they waited for the arrival of another tribe that supposedly was going to fight them. From history that we were told, it followed that one man from the village stole three girls from another village, one of them was married. The reason for such a desperate act was that the village lacked women, because every man can have four or even five wives, so the kidnapping - a fairly common practice among local tribes. And there were rumors that the men of the tribe of wronged come to seek revenge, and I have no doubt that it will happen. Thousands of years these people lived like soldiers, and it stayed in their blood. Jody with a little man from another village Yanomami for time spent in the village, we were able to see the hut, and even school gardens, to which he had to go half an hour into the rainforest. Young men living in the village, led us to the border gardens. By the way, they often stayed and painted our faces red vegetable dye. The fact that we have so warmly accepted in their village - a great honor for the tourist. In the evening we went to a few huts, and then it became clear that these people have to survive in very small amounts of food. It looks like hunters on the day they caught nothing. Arriving on their own land to hunt, they were disappointed because the militants Vooruzhennye Revolutionary Forces of Colombia ordered them to leave. Therefore, that evening in the village is practically nothing to eat. We have had it was time to go back, and finally we heard that men are going to regain their hunting ground and expel the militants. This will be a serious conflict, since both men are renowned for their ferocity Yanomami and militancy, and will not let just take away their land, but the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia Vooruzhennye "are also known for his love of battle. Since then I have not heard, nor had hoped to hear, who conquered the land, and this event certainly did not cover the news. War Paint Start material: Completion of material:
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