You hear laughter and someone is always joking. Much time is spent hanging out together as a family. Mengatoi is a powerful man, a man to fear and respect, but people still joke with him. They've nicknamed him El Capitan. The eating progresses without haste.
Children play hunting games using toy blowguns and spears to stalk imaginary creatures.
As dusk settles over the village, Mengatoi begins to speak of the jaguars, his spirit children, and what they have told him. He says it is a good time to fish upstream. He predicts the weather will be good for the days ahead. He says the hunting is also good downstream, but the shaman from a rival tribe has cursed them and it is not safe to go there. The shaman and his community share a set of beliefs that form a collective world view that dominates the psychological and physical experience of each person.