How to pronounce “mamo” in English

He-- Mamo says that it is the spirits of the trees, and the spirits of the water, and the oceans

And Mamo is one of the five most knowledgeable Mamos, and he is the one that has a relationship with the ocean.

The Mamos are not only the spiritual leaders, but they also have extensive environmental knowledge of medicinal plants, planting cycles, things like that.

So the Kogi Mamos tell the rest of the community what to plant, where to plant it, when to plant it, and they always stress equilibrium and diversity.

It's where the Kogi Mamos, or the priests, like Mamo Chibolata.

And as such, the Mamos leave offerings along the banks of these lakes.

But now that we're going-- this is due to the Mamos and the influence that they have over us.

For example, the adolescent Kogi Mamo apprentices, they live the first nine years of their lives in darkness.

So the knowledge of those who are going to be knowledge keepers and Mamos, it's all oral transmission.

I just want to say, just one little thing that Mamo -- the way that these people make decisions, it's all by consensus, and it's all by the elders.

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