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The Yehsreh (K'La's 4:30)
The Yehsreh tribe lives in a tropical rain forest, with abundant natural resources. They have a wide variety of vegetation, and plenty of water available to them. In the Yehsreh culture women are quite powerful. In their polyandrous society, where women marry multiple men, women have a lot of say in what goes on. The culture is also stratified by age. The eldest women hold the powerful positions in the council of elders, and an infertile woman serves as the Shaman, a spiritual guide. Naturally, they follow a matrilineal descent pattern, and live in matrilocal societies. The men's roles within the Yehsreh tribe are hunting, trading and going to battle when it is necessary. The Yehsreh are peaceful, so times of war are rare. Women and men each have their own outlets for relaxation, with gardening and hunting clubs offered. Another past time for the Yehsreh is their annual canoe race, which promotes their physical fitness, teamwork and competition. In addition to these, the Yehsrehs value nature, art and elders. Ancestry worship is practiced within the tribe, as well as animism. Their beliefs are that those ancestors that lived good lives come back reincarnated as monkeys, and those that lived bad lives come back as trees.
Yehsreh Poster By Amber
Yehsreh's Environment By Steve
Yehsreh Subsistence and Exchange By Ellie
Yehsreh Sex and Marriage By Christal
Yehsreh Kinship & Social Organization By Brittany
Yehsreh Tribe puts a strong emphasis on family ties, to reinforce these relationships, members of the tribe participate in hunting and gardening clubs to deepen their bonds with each other.
Yehsreh Language & Gender By Catherine
Yehsreans use a specific set of signals to communicate within the tribe. Men and women have certain gender roles, with men being the hunters, and women working as the gardeners.
Yehsreh Political Organization By Ali
Power is held by women in the Yehsreh tribe. There is also age stratification present within the culture. The most powerful leaders are the Council of Elders, which consists of the eldest and most respected women in the tribe.
Yehsreh Religion By Rochelle
The Yehsreh people are Animism based, and look to relationships to determine and solve problems. The main objects that we believe have spirits in them are trees and monkeys. We look to our ancestors and their spirits to give us answers about our lives.
Yehsreh Art & Cultural Values By Kelsey
Art and dance are used to express many things in the Yesreh society. Art can be be used to serve as a way to worship ancestors, and dances are held for special occasions, such as spouse selection. Body art tells a person's story, with visual representations of how old one is, and how many children they have.
The Integration of Yehsreh Culture By Betsy
The Yehsreh environment, tropical rain forest, influences the entire structure of society. Women's positions dominate in their polyandrous marriages, matrilineal descent and matrilocal societies. To explore the superstructure, elders are respected, with ancestry worship and animism, (with the belief the ancestors are reincarnated as beings in nature), present in the culture.
Yehsreh's History By Breann
The Yehsreh poster is a visual representation of the Yehsreh culture, and includes the barrel model. This poster gives a brief summary of each of the levels of the barrel model.
Yehsreh's Environment By Steve
The Yehsreh live in a lowland tropical rain forest environment that is filled with a wide range of densely populated plant and animal life. In addition to the plants and animals, the Yehsreh have access to many rivers that flow through their environment.
Yehsreh Subsistence and Exchange By Ellie
The subsistence and exchange of the Yehsreh tribe is unlike any other tribe. The Yehsreh use their location to the fullest, taking advantage of every resource possible using hunting and foraging. Then, gender roles determine what each member does to take care and trade the resources they grow and are given.
Yehsreh Sex and Marriage By Christal
The Yehsreh are a people of Polyandry usually having anywhere from two to four husbands. The marriages are mostly arranged by the wife's mother but the wife and her other husbands have some input as well. They live in a Matrilocal society.Yehsreh Family & Household By Chesney
The family and household structure of the Yehsreh is unique and fitting to their environment. The typical Yehsreh household consists of the mother, multiple fathers, and the children.
Yehsreh Kinship & Social Organization By Brittany
Yehsreh Tribe puts a strong emphasis on family ties, to reinforce these relationships, members of the tribe participate in hunting and gardening clubs to deepen their bonds with each other.
Yehsreh Language & Gender By Catherine
Yehsreans use a specific set of signals to communicate within the tribe. Men and women have certain gender roles, with men being the hunters, and women working as the gardeners.
Yehsreh Political Organization By Ali
Power is held by women in the Yehsreh tribe. There is also age stratification present within the culture. The most powerful leaders are the Council of Elders, which consists of the eldest and most respected women in the tribe.
Yehsreh Religion By Rochelle
The Yehsreh people are Animism based, and look to relationships to determine and solve problems. The main objects that we believe have spirits in them are trees and monkeys. We look to our ancestors and their spirits to give us answers about our lives.
Yehsreh Art & Cultural Values By Kelsey
Art and dance are used to express many things in the Yesreh society. Art can be be used to serve as a way to worship ancestors, and dances are held for special occasions, such as spouse selection. Body art tells a person's story, with visual representations of how old one is, and how many children they have.
The Integration of Yehsreh Culture By Betsy
The Yehsreh environment, tropical rain forest, influences the entire structure of society. Women's positions dominate in their polyandrous marriages, matrilineal descent and matrilocal societies. To explore the superstructure, elders are respected, with ancestry worship and animism, (with the belief the ancestors are reincarnated as beings in nature), present in the culture.
Yehsreh's History By Breann
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