For this lesson we were given a totem, colour, national food, jewels, animal and a trading item. From these things we needed to make a tribe that linked these items
together, make a
story of creation, religion, values, type of clothing and why we wore that clothing.
My groups items....
Totem : A bear made from patterned bee fabric (Bee bear)
Colour : Red
Food : Pine nuts
Jewels : Safety pins
Animal : wiki flower snake
Trading item : wishing stones.
We named our tribe : THE
FLONADS.
The
flonads and are a peaceful and small tribe. We work around nature making every effect to conserve and maintain the environment. This is why we are nomads continually moving around to avoid making an impact on the
environment.
We live in a swamp in the tree tops, can cannot step foot on the ground because of the deadly wiki snake.
The
weather is very humid however we do have a short monsoon season.
We are vegetarians and our main nutrition comes from pine nuts and honey. We are careful to make no waste and thus make use of everything.
We worship the bee bear, she is out God.
Since the bee bear is decorated in bees they are very
significant. We have an elder who is guided by the bee bear and makes decisions based on the bees behaviour.
Since red (our national colour) is of limited supply we mainly only wear it for religious occasions. However the religious and tribe leaders always wear some red.The red dye is made from crushed berries.
Red is
significant because it is the colour of blood. By holding red as a sacred colour we are
recognised that blood is precious, and limited. Blood is not to be spilled.
We have two leaders a religious and tribe. The tribe leader is the boss of the tribe and makes final decisions on if we should move on, stay
etc. However the religious leader offers
guidance and advice on the same issues.
As people get older they become more important. But women are always more important than men.
We do not
believe in exclusive sexual relationships or marriage but free love.
Safety pins (our jewel) are precious and are the skeletons of the wiki worm (the wiki snakes favourite meal). We wear these
jewels to honor the snakes and
recognise its power.
The wishing stones (our trading item) are sap from the trees that are cured.
For clothing we wear pants made from shredded snake skin. Two
separate pieces are wound around the legs and hips and ties
together. this enables us to climb trees more effectively.
We also
wear a poncho on top that is made from leaves and coated in tree sap to
protect us from the weather.
Because we a peaceful people we are not very vein and our main reason for wearing clothes is practicality and
enforcing our values.
