Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures

These Yanomami women

decorate their faces for a

celebration using paste made

from onoto seeds. To make

the paste, the women pull

sticky red onoto seeds from

pods and crush the seeds with

their fingers. Black paste is

created by mixing ashes into

the crushed red seeds. The

sticks in the women’s faces

are worn daily.

WHEN WE CELEBRATE ...WHEN WE CELEBRATE ...