Tupari

G Bell and Sons Ltd, 1956

The story of a Swiss ethnologist living with a primitive stone age people in the heart of the Matto Grosso, one of the most inaccessible places on earth. The Tupari tribe, living in the primevil western forests of Brazil, at the time had had almost no contact with civilization. Caspar remained with them for four months and describes all aspects of their culture and daily life including their hunting expeditions and methods, forest,clearance for planting of crops, supernatural and magical ceremonies, family life, social organizations and etiquette...