Apete help to create biological diversity and become a valuable source of medicinal and edible plants. .
When planting specific plants the Kayapo must know the how to control the soils temperature, moisture, and shade to accommodate different plants needs. They accomplish this by using different ground covers such as low vegetation, logs, straw, leaves, and bark. .
The Kayapo also use a technique known as slash and burn. In slash and burn the trees and shrubs of a small area are cut down and then burned. The fire further clears the area and fertilizes the ground with minerals from the burnt forestry. And contrary to popular belief the land produces crops for many years, and is not wasted when there is no crop yield, it sits and the forest eventually retakes it (http://agroforestry.net).
Along with being connoisseurs of their ecosystems the Kayapo are very involved with art using it to distinguish some gender roles along with rights of passage through body painting, piercing, and different hairstyles. Through a child's life it's hair is cut, it's body is painted, and it receives lip and ear piercings to represent different stages of its life. .
The elaborate decorating begins at birth, and at this point the woman has the role of painting and preparing the baby for the community to see. An infant is immediately painted with red and black paint followed by cutting bangs in its hair. Only days after the infant is painted its ears are pierced to make room for wooden earplugs. These plugs are placed in the babies ears to help it grow and to give the infant strength. The baby is now ready to get its lip pierced to accompany a string of beads or a narrow dowel in preparation for an adult lip plug. .
From the age of three a woman repaints the child every ten days with black intricate geometrical designs. It is now time for the child to be weaned from its mother, stripped of its infant earplugs and its hair cut short.
The society I chose that is isolated from modern developments and advancement are the Kayapo Indians. ... The name Kayapo was given to the tribe by neighboring Indian tribes. ... The Kayapo are known for their beautiful body painting and their warrior dances. ... Traditionally, the Kayapo men wear discs in their lower lip. ... All of these factors were absent for the Kayapo Indians. ...
In the kayapo video that we saw in class that really made me think in a different way of In the kayapo video that we saw in class that really made me think in a different way of culture change and globalization because they use types of technology for there protection for example the kayapo used guns knives phones and anything else that they could get there hands on for protection. they were protectioning there family and killings types of animals to live. ... In the kayapo video that we saw in class that really made me think in a different way of In the kayapo video that we saw in class that...
The Kayapo of the amazon used tattooing, piercing of the ears, lips, and noses to distinguish the same types of social factors, and was also used for purposes such as showing that females were ready for childbirth. The Kayapo also used coloring of the hair and different hair styles to distinguish age classes and to attract potential similar mates. ...
For instance, The Body Shop, a company formed on "green consumerism," claiming to protect the environment, has been accused of using the Kayapo Indians of Brazil as a marketing strategy. The Body Shop's use of Brazilian organic products has only created resentment and internal divisions within the Kayapo community (London Greenpeace, 2). ...
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