Los Achuar de la Amazonía Peruana
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The Achuar people share their food with family members and neighbors. They cultivate crops, hunt and fish. Achuar people do not sell food to relatives; they only share.
Achuar hunters use weapons such as blowguns, darts and arrows. They use these weapons to hunt various animals.
Before going hunting, they sing, asking the mother of the animals (“maana”) to ask her children to sacrifice themselves for the hunters. Learn more
Achuar men and boys are fishermen. There are various ways of fishing. Learn more
Each community consists of various families. Three or four families live together in one house. Each community has plots for crops, and the families in the community share the crops they grow, as well as the animals they have hunted. Learn more