Word: jivaro
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Shetland pony is a very small pony from the Shetland Islands in the North Sea. What, then, is a "mini-Shetland"? A Shetland pony that has strayed into the territory of the head-shrinking Jivaro Indians of Peru? Not quite. It's a sweater, and it's the latest style in Paris-not exactly from the showrooms of Courrèges or Balenciaga, but hard to miss on the mesdemoiselles at Castel's discothèque or in Le Drugstore on the Boulevard St. Germain...
Earth burial is most common, and often most bizarre. The Jivaro of Peru and Ecuador sit the dead man, head in hands, on a bench, and bury him beneath the floor of his own home, which is then abandoned. The Cuna people dig deep pits, roof them over and bury their dead in hammocks swinging gently underground. Air burial is widespread. The Sioux have been known to bury their dead in trees. In Tibet, the corpse is chopped up and tossed to the vultures...
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