- Zoe (tribe)
The Zo'e (also known as Zo'é or the Marrying tribe or Zoe tribe) are a native tribe in the State of
Pará , Municipality of Óbidos, on theCuminapanema River ,Brazil . [cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pto |title=Zo'é |accessdate=2007-10-18 |work=ethnologue.com] They are aTupi-Guarani [cite web |url=http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/english/howtheylive/isol.shtm#t3 |title=The case of the Zo'é |accessdate=2007-10-18 |work=Indigenous Peoples in Brazil |publisher=Instituto Socioambiental ] people. [cite web |url=http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/english/indiandus/zoei.shtm |title=Jipohan is someone like yourself |accessdate=2007-10-18 |work=socioambiental.org]All Zoe wear the poturu, a wooden plug piercing the bottom lip. The Zo'e have a tradition where new fathers have the backs of their calves cut with the 'tooth of a small rodent'.
The marriage rituals of the Zo'e are complex and not fully understood. It is not known how many wives or husbands one is allowed to have. Usually one woman has several husbands, one or more of whom may be "learning husbands"; young men learning how to be good spouses, in exchange for hunting for the rest of the family.
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Further reading
* Carelli, Vincent, and Dominique T. Gallois. "Meeting ancestors The Zo'e". [Brazil] : Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, 1993.External links
* [http://www.mediarights.org/film/meeting_ancestors_the_zoe Meeting Ancestors: The Zo'e]
* [http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/english/indiandus/zoei.shtm Zo'é]
* [http://jpdutilleux.com/thework/zoe/index.html THE ZOÉ ( PEOPLE OF THE MOON )]
* [http://travel.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=20844&gid=5726&channel=TRV TRV — Travel Channel Presents The Marrying Tribe of the Amazon]
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