I don't know if it's possible but take care of your villagers, this time!
For me, the best challenge is to make Elders with villagers who are, a priori, not apt (because of their "likes/dislikes", for example) and to keep them living old, numerous and happy!!

Boohoo for Buru.

The max number of totems is 50

But there are events that can give you more, so, if they happened to the right people enough times, you could wind up with a lot of elders.

I don't believe so.

I believe the trick is not to make any until you are told by an event. Once told, make that person an elder and you will be credited as having 2 while the program is only registering one. Once the program registers fifty, no more are allowed so you can only make an elder when the event happens again. Keep in mind that same event will have to happen fifty times for this to be proven.

Wish me luck!!!

There is an event that tells you to make an esteemed elder? I think there's an event that if you already have one and your really lucky, it'll give you another, but I may be mistaken.

No, it doesn't actually tell you.
But if you get the event where you see a reflection, and you make the right choice, that villager will be duplicated with a totem.
I had this happen with a child of a brand new tribe. She had a totem at 7 years old.
Once I finally made her an elder, my stat page said I've made 2.

No one else in this new tribe has mastered even two things other than the girl with double elder status.

I had this event in one tribe But in an other tribe, I had the same event, I replied the same and it duplicate the young villager but... no totem more (and also in my stats)!! I don't know why but I think that the difference is that I already had 50 totems, since a long time!!

I know that event duplicates a villager but it doesn't make the villager an elder. You have to have the event happen to an elder.

Yes it does! this event is (highlight for spoiler) the siver mirror ! The 1st time I had it, the double villager had a totem! which was in the narrow stream! And in my stats it says 51 totems! But not the 2nd time in the other tribe!