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    Discuss the Role of Different Players in Creating and Protecting Cultural Landscapes 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Defining Culture Culture is everywhere; it’s something that gives identity to a group of people or a place. It can be seen in something as small as a group of friends or a town or reaching much larger scales of a whole country. However the complexity of the word is something most people fail to think about. It’s a word everyone understands but ultimately find very difficult to define

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    to own the land for food and resources. They will takeover land by force or legally so as to be given the right to use the land. Yanomami view the land as a resourceful place as it gets the food it needs from the place. The men hunt for game like‚ deer and monkey‚ and often use curare to poison their prey. They only hunt what they need.(Evidence) The Yanomami value the Amazon rainforest as a place where

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    Geronimo’s favorite nephew and Trap’s child. He is very sweet‚ loving and helpful. Professor Paws von Volt – Geronimo’s smart friend who asked for Geronimo and the others to join him in the Amazon for an adventure. Strongfur – the Chief of the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon. He is friendly and courteous to travelers. Warmfur –the wife of Strongfur; she is very good at healing. Monkeyfur –She is the daughter of Strongfur and Warmfur; she is very friendly but also very smart and cunning like her

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    Greeting Differences & Yanomamö Tradition Application Assignment #1 Juliana Pineros Chaucanas Greenville Technical College February 4‚ 2015 Greeting Differences & Yanomamö Tradition Remember that time when you travel to other country and noticed that people didn’t speak your language? Or when you were greeting someone and they greeted you differently. When you experience this‚ you are experiencing cultural shock. Cultural shock is when you are feeling disoriented‚ uncertain‚ out of place‚

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    The villages are selfgoverned but will interact with one another (Life among the Yanomami). For about a thousand years the Yanomami people have lived in this region‚ and as of 1992 have been recognized legally as the region’s owners. This reserve‚ twice the size of Panama‚ is a site for large amounts of precious metal and also attracts lots of mining. Recently

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    the option of infanticide is not an option. The Yanomamo rely on verbal stories to share their history‚ ancestry and myths. They do not write anything down. According to the website http://yanomamicatrimani.org/index.php/yanomami‚ “Yanomamo should never recite the name of his/her ancestors‚ nor should he/she keep pictures‚ films‚ tapes‚ or belongings of dead relatives. Everything belonging to a dead person – even his/her name – must be erased from the memory of the relatives

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    Sociology: A down-to-earth approach‚ Pearson‚ Frenchs Forest NSW. Macionis J & Plummer‚ K 2012‚ Sociology: a global introduction‚ 5th edn‚ Pearson Prentice Hall‚ Harlow. Povos Indigenas no Brasil n.d.‚ Yanomami family‚ digital image‚ viewed 22 November 2014‚ <http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/yanomami/580>.

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    and there is some proof there may be rainforest plants that can cure serious diseases. Tropical rainforests also support many tribes who have adapted to the warm‚ humid climate and would struggle to live in different environments. For example the Yanomami people who live in the

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    Eliminating River Blindness in Ecuador You notice a figure sitting on a porch in the North-Western region of Ecuador. As you approach it appears to be an elderly man but as you approach him you notice that he has features that you have never seen before. His skin looks as if it has been draped onto his skeletal frame causing him to lose all age indicators. Your eyes reach his and he does not make eye contact‚ a clear indication that he is blind. You approach the lizard man and ask his age‚ he

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    Due to Venezuela having a variety of ethnic groups‚ there are a lot of indigenous languages spoken. The most spoken include Warao‚ Nhengtu‚ Panare‚ Piaroa‚ Wayuu‚ Kahlihna‚ Guahibo‚ Pemon‚Yanomami‚ and Mendihuaca(Studycountry.com). Similarly‚ body language like facial expression and gestures are used to express themselves. For example‚ when greeting a female‚ one must kiss them on the cheek. This shows how formal and polite you are by greeting

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