Name

Name:

The name Yanomami means human-being in the yanomami language. In the tribe when an infant is born the father goes on a hunt for a name for the child. To do this the father uses either the name of the first species he kills or the name of a body part of the animal he kills. Names could be things such as, Paw of wolf or Eye of Monkey. The tribe must use this way of naming their children because once they die the name can no longer be used. The tribe also will not use their names publicly, but instead replaced with things like brother or leader.

Home to the Yanomami: Origin and Use of a Yanomami's Name. www1.broward.edu/~hsorkin/Lib-Arts/Projects/Fall2002/Hottinger/culture.html


          'Yanomami' means 'Human Being'