There are two specific genders within the Yanomami culture, male and female. Like many cultures, patriarchal characteristics are dominant and women’s position in society is much lower than men. That is, women are inferior and subordinate to men. The main role of the females is the child bearing and productive roles in their household which they start at an early age. Gender roles are strictly defined in the culture and married women are subject to physical violence by their husbands if they fail
Despite the primitive lifestyle of the Yanomami, their systems of belief and expression including religious view are rather sophisticated. The universe is constructed of four layers according to their beliefs and the third layer is the ground they live upon. They believe the topmost layer is empty, and the sky, which is the second layer from the top, is known to have its surface just as their own with plants and animals and it is the afterlife world. The third layer is believed to have created when