Title: Don't sleep, there are snakes
Description: A linguist offers a thought-provoking account of his experiences and discoveries while living with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians living in central Brazil and a people possessing a language that defies accepted linguistic theories and reflects a culture that has no counting system, concept of war, or personal property, and lives entirely in the present.
Subjects: Pirahá Indians, Social life and customs, Jungles, Pirahá dialect, Brazil, social life and customs, Indians of south america
Places: Amazon River Region