But frequently they use an expression that, though surprising at first, has come to be one of my favorite ways of saying good night: “Don’t sleep, there are snakes.”. The Pirahãs say this for two reasons. First, they believe that by sleeping less they can “harden themselves,” a value they all share.
The way you describe it makes it sound very straightforward but I’ve read your book, Don’t Sleep There Are Snakes, and being chased by an anaconda can’t be a straightforward thing! There was a lot of adventure and there was tremendous trauma in coming to the realisation that I was no longer a believer and what would that mean to my family
Abstract. This chapter tackles the life of Daniel Everett living in an Amazonian jungle. Everett and his family lived with a hunter-gatherer tribe called Piraha, who occupy the banks of the Maici, a tributary in the Amazon.
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