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Like this page? Send it to a friend!    In the largest jungle in
the world lives a tribe whose traditional way of life is slowly
fading away. The age-old way of life for the Sanema is changing
and ancient balances between man and nature are thrown awry.  If
you are outside the UK you will not be able to watch any of the
video on for rights reasons. However, you may be able to view
video on the Discovery Channel's "Going Tribal" website.  The
Sanema are a branch of the Yanomami tribe who live in the
tropical rain forest on both sides of the Venezuelan and
Brazilian border, on the watershed between the Orinoco and the
Amazon rivers. Until recently they were nomadic hunters, and
shifting cultivators, living off what they caught in the forest.
But in recent times most of them have settled in villages. This
decision to stay in one p