A strip of material tied around the stomach prevents harmful spirits from entering the body through the belly button.
After a girl's first menstrual flow, she is initiated by a secret celebration into the company of mature girls hoping to become women.
Women unapologetically favor their firstborn girls as proof of their ability to create future women.
Hot and wet summers near a source of water make the perfect recipe for messy, muddy fun.
Even without having a writing system, women can engage in legally binding contracts with each other using thin sheets of wood or bark marked in blood.
Games are fine for girls and boys, but women are expected to leave them behind.
Sand is useful for a variety of purposes, making it well worth risking the chill and force of the river current to get it.
Women cultivate several varieties of a plant that parasitizes trees.
Travel cakes are small, nutritious, and stable, making them an essential food for boy packs during their winter migrations.
The women's primary source of energy is fire, and their primary source of fuel is wood. But they also believe trees are their ancestors, making it not such a simple matter to chop up and burn their relatives.
With the birth of her first daughter, a girl is granted the rights and responsibilities of adulthood.
Scrounging for dead wood involves regular trips to the boundaries of a village's forest territory.
