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The guest-friend relationship
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On the off-chance that somebody around here might know anthropology trivia, I remember reading years ago about a tribe on the Amazon known universally if informally as "those bastards" in anthropological circles because they were the only culture known not to honor the guest-friend relationship. As far as I can recall, it wasn't the Yanomomi, although they certainly qualify for the characterization otherwise. Is my memory faulty? It's been bugging me off and on for decades.
-- Mal
