Holiday Ayo - The Eskimo tribe is a term for tribes that inhabit the northern Arctic and Subarctic North America, Greenland and Siberia.

The Eskimo tribe itself consists of ethnic groups such as Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, and many other groups. The Inuit people live in Northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland, while the Yupik people live in the Russian Far East and West Alaska

the Eskimo tribe has some interesting facts that are rarely known, some are very cruel and terrible. Here are some facts that have been summarized from several sources for you.

1. Abode of Ice Blocks

source: d'Fun Station

Eskimo houses are called igloo. An igloo is a house made of compressed snow ice blocks. The igloo building consists of 95 percent of the air that is in ice crystals and can isolate the air well.

With an igloo structure like that, cold air cannot pass through the ice crystals, so hot air can be trapped inside the igloo and the Eskimos will feel warm.

2. Clothing of Animal Skins and Fur

source: Phinemo.com

Eskimos need thick, layered clothing to stay warm and avoid hypothermia. Eskimos wear clothes made of animal skins or fur, equipped with boots and furry headgear.

3. Wife Swap

source: Diadona.id

To the outside world, exchanging wives is something strange and terrible, but it's not like that with the Eskimos. Husbands willingly let their guests sleep with their wives, or exchange wives with friends or relatives.

Even when the husband is away for a long time, he will find another man to accompany and protect his wife. So it's not uncommon for the wives of the Eskimos to give birth to children from other men

4. Free Sex, Polygamy, and Polyandry are not Uncommon

source: Tribun

In the Eskimo tribe, a man who has more than one wife is very cool, showing the strength and wealth of the man.

The same goes for wives serving more than one man, who are no strangers to Eskimos. Parents also let their children have free sex.

5. Killing Their Children

source: SEMESTAFAKTA

The cruelest and most terrible fact that Eskimos have committed is killing their babies. As a result of the tradition of exchanging wives, polygamy, polyandry, and free sex, the Eskimo population is difficult to control.

They more often kill female babies, because to maintain the gender ratio. They kill their babies by suffocating them, leaving them in the forest, or stuffing grass into their mouths.