1. The Tribe By: Shani Lipka

2. Think about a place where… • There are no electronically devices • There are no clothing stores, no food markets, no furniture… • There are no proper houses • There is one language that everyone speaks • There is only one tradition • You are separated from the rest of the world

3. The Tribe

4. Where???

5. Where are they located? • This Stone Aged Tribe was found in the Western Amazon Region of Brazil. • They were found in May 2008. • The government has closed off this region to the outside worldto protect them. • Only a few are ever allowed in. • It takes a month to get there.

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8. Who are they?

9. The Suruwaha’s • There are only 155 Suruwaha’s. • They believe they are the perfect race. • Their existence appears idyllic. • Their physical appearance is very important to them.

10. Strength and Hunting • The young warrior’s strength is tested in a wrestling match, “Woolly Monkey Ritual”. • The man earn their respect by becoming good hunters. • The men of this tribe hunt: • Monkeys • birds • wild pig and bring the animals back so everyone can eat them.

11. Hunting They have many different ways to hunt and protect themselves, 2 examples are: • Arming a blowpipe with poison darts • Using bows and arrows

12. What do they eat?

13. Eating habits • The men hunt monkeys, birds and wild pig. • The fresh food makes them among the healthiest people on the earth. • The tribe will move from one place to another depending on food availability and season.

14. What is special about them?

15. Physical appearance • Their physical appearance is very important to them. • They use body paint, which is made out of ground berries, to enhance their beauty. • The colour that is used the most is Uricum. • They believe it is the most beautiful color in the world.

16. Everything is natural • Most of the Suruwaha people commit suicide. • they taking a drug that is made out of a deadly poison ground up root. • They build small cots to live in.

17. Beliefs

18. Beliefs • Every night all the Suruwaha’s (including the children) inhale drug called Kumadi, which is made from tree bark. • They believe that it opens the door to the spiritual world. • the Suruwaha's believe that children that are born with disabilities are evil spirits, and be killed in the cruelest way

19. Death and human rights violations

20. Euthanasia • The average life expectancy is thirty-five • Not because of the bad health, but because of the extremely bizarre euthanasia. The Suruwaha’s believe that children born with disabilities or born to a single mother are evil spirits. • They believe that they should be killed in the cruellest way possible. • They take these poor babies either out into the jungle to be eaten alive by the wild beasts or they bury them alive. • This is one of the worst human rights violations in the world.

21. Suicide • Many of Suruwaha people commit suicide until the age of 35. • A common reason: They want to be reunited with their relatives in the afterlife. • The common way to commit suicide: to take a deadly poison made from a ground up root called Timbo.

22. Question that we still didn’t figure out yet…………. • Even after 5 years since they were found, we still don’t know what to do with them: Should we let them live as they have for thousands of years? • Should we let them come out into our modern world?

23. The End!! I hope you enjoyed it!