The Yanomami believe in spirits some of their spirits are Omam, Duku Ka Misi and Amahe-teri. The Yanomami believe everything has a soul including animals because they believe that animals were once humans too, just bad people that needed to be punished. They believe that animals have souls, there are spirits, there is magic (they are superstitious in general) and they love to tell stories. The Yanomami people have many customs regarding the spirit world. ![]() After the henimoyu the whole community have a big party with the teenagers dancing and singing, the women crying and everybody eating the ash of the dead person in a banana soup. When a person of the tribe dies the men go on a special hunting trip called a henimoyu, they do this to show all the great things that person did. When a husband dies the wife paints black of her cheeks to signify her loss and sadness. ![]() Some of the customs which happen when someone dies are that the wife will wear black on her cheeks, the men from that community go out for a special hunting trip, that evening the tribe throw a big party and they eat the ash of the dead person for dinner in a soup.
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