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The boys of the Yagua Tribe

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited - The Boys of the Yagua Tribe

In a remote pocket of the Western Amazonian basin in Peru lies the Yagua tribe. In the Yagua community, boys are introduced into manhood from age fourteen where the hunting traditions are passed down from an uncle. Here the youngest boys in the tribe remain in the village while the Wanù (men) hunt for food. During the hunt, the eldest boy of the tribe is given the chief’s headdress typically made of aguaje grass and macaw feathers. Here the Tribal brothers standing at the outskirts of the village.

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In a remote pocket of the Western Amazonian basin in Peru lies the Yagua tribe. In the Yagua community, boys are introduced into manhood from age fourteen where the hunting traditions are passed down from an uncle. Here the youngest boys in the tribe remain in the village while the Wanù (men) hunt for food. During the hunt, the eldest boy of the tribe is given the chief’s headdress typically made of aguaje grass and macaw feathers. Here the Tribal brothers standing at the outskirts of the village.