He is the leader, but he has no power, the tribesmen consult him, but first when the women give their fiat, there is action.
In many isolated groups the women are in charge and everything runs almost without problems.
My family, live for more than a year with the Zóè tribe in the northeast of Brasil.
Particularly, they sometimes have internet, radio contact at about 180 km bird's eye view of the first modern settlement.
The Zóè pierce around the seventh year, their chin, between the teeth and the lower lip.here a cone of white softwood is pushed through, it is their identity To belong to the group.
At their first contact in 1987, more than a third of the group died from diseases that had been contracted, against which they have no resistance.
Their small number, about 250 individuals is a problem, the least imbalance can mean their end.