THE Wana people like to keep it simple when it comes to naming their children. Do not expect them to come up with poetic and symbolic names like those of the First Nations of North America. For the forest-dwelling Wana, a name is simply what a person is called, or, to be exact, only has the function of distinguishing one person from another, no more no less.

That's why the names of the Wana people are usually short, rarely more than six