Ecuador's jungle nomadic tribe: Waorani people

Author: (American) Man, translated by Liu Yi
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Waorani are the world's loneliest ethnic group, living in isolation. While their world is not a paradise, it is a green oasis free from the contamination of external behavioral norms. As survivors of the Stone Age, the Waorani practice slash-and-burn agriculture in the "green hell," existing as a unique phenomenon. This book introduces the lives of the Waorani people, who inhabit the humid, insect- and snake-infested rainforest in the western Amazon basin, covering only 8,100 square miles. The author spent two months there, hunting with their (tribe members) and observing, uncovering the secrets of the Waorani's survival in the rainforest. This sparsely populated tribe has lived in the heart of the Ecuadorian rainforest since ancient times: they fell trees to clear land for cultivation, hunted monkeys and birds with blowguns and poison-tipped arrows while bare-chested in the forest, to obtain the necessary food. The Waorani live in isolation, with extremely scarce material resources and a harsh living environment, but their spiritual world remains an unpolluted oasis.