The Yanomami share a communal house, called yano, that can accommodate as many as 400 Yanomami. While the center of the yano are kept for rituals and community gatherings, each family has their own division where the women stay and tend to the house during the day while the men hunt.
Labor is divided into sexes, the men are the hunters who supply meat for their families and neighbors. Although meat is extremely valued, it shared amongst members of each family. Equality is maintained in the Yanomami community by the offerings of meat. In sharing ones supply of meat with others, hunting men hope to be rewarded with another type of meat to bring back for to his family. The wives and daughters work at home in the gardens. Production of crops serves as 80 % of Yanomami food, so this task is important for the women.
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