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The Wari' formerly practiced [[endocannibalism]], specifically mortuary cannibalism. This was done as a form of utmost respect to those who had died.<ref name=cannibal>[http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/wari/865 "Wariʼ: Funerary Cannibalism."] ''Povos Indígenas no Brasil.'' Retrieved 22 Feb 2012.</ref><ref name="Conklin1995">{{cite journal|last1=Conklin|first1=Beth A.|title='thus are our bodies, thus was our custom': mortuary cannibalism in an Amazonian society|journal=American Ethnologist|volume=22|issue=1|year=1995|pages=75–101|issn=0094-0496|doi=10.1525/ae.1995.22.1.02a00040}}</ref>
Right after death, the closest relatives would hug and embrace the deceased person. The body would be left for about three days, although there was no set span, and depended largely upon how soon family members in other settlements could get to the funeral.<ref name=conklin>Conklin (2001).</ref> By this time, the body had typically begun to [[Decomposition|decompose]] in the heat and humidity of the Amazon, sometimes reaching the stage where the body became [[Putrefaction|bloated and discolored]].<ref name=conklin/><ref name="Conklin1995"/> When all relatives within a reasonable distance had arrived, the relatives respectfully prepared the body to eat.
Mortuary preparation involved ritual wailing and other ceremonies, building a fire, removing the [[viscera|visceral organs]], and finally roasting the body.<ref name="Conklin1995"/> The decedent's closest kin would not consume the body, but they urged the attendant relatives to eat. Consumption of the flesh would assuage the family's grief, as it meant that the soul of the deceased would be kept in the living bodies of relatives instead of being abandoned to wander the forest alone. The practice was considered equally an act of compassion, affinal love, and grief.<ref name=conklin/><ref name="Conklin1995"/> The relatives were encouraged to eat what they could, but this sometimes amounted to little more than small tokens of the spoiled meat.<ref name="Conklin1995"/> Even this consumption often caused the mourners great [[vomiting|gastric distress]].<ref name=conklin/> The heart and liver were eaten, but much of the body and hair was burned.<ref name=cannibal/>
This practice continued until the 1960s.<ref>Wentmore, Kevin J. (2021) ''Eaters of the Dead'', London: Reaktion Books, p. 186</ref> Today, Wariʼ do not practice any form of cannibalism.<ref name="Conklin1995"/> They bury their dead after two or three days of mourning.<ref name=cannibal/>
==Warfare==
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Pacification in this context is between the Wari' people and the rest of the connected world. It is important to note that the Wari' did not ask for this 'pacification'. There are many perspectives on whether or not pacification of indigenous peoples is moral; therefore, it is important to define the distinction between pacification (peace) and a [[civilizing mission]] (assimilation/missionaries).
Prior to pacification attempts, interaction with the Wari' was extremely minimal. Starting in the 1950s, rubber tappers sought Wari' land for rubber trees. These rubber tappers resorted to exterminating Wari' villages and their people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Wari' – Indigenous Peoples in Brazil|url=https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Wari%27|website=pib.socioambiental.org|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|
Disease outbreaks and war over land from outsiders caused the population of the Wari' to reduce by nearly 50%.<ref name=":0" /> At the time, the Wari' had just begun to relocate themselves due to extreme rubber tree farming.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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==References==
* Conklin, B. (2001). ''Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society''. Austin: University of Texas Press. 978-0292712362
* Vilaça, Aparecida (2010). ''Strange Enemies: Indigenous Societies and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia''. Durham: Duke University Press.
* Kern, Barbara and Daniel Everett (1997). ''Wari ''. London: Routledge.
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