It is quite difficult for a modern person to imagine how one can do without all the benefits of civilization to which we are accustomed. But there are still corners on our planet where tribes live, which are extremely far from civilization. They are not familiar with the latest achievements of mankind, but at the same time they feel great and are not going to make contact with the modern world. We invite you to get acquainted with some of them.
Sentinelese. This tribe lives on an island in the Indian Ocean. They fire arrows at anyone who dares to approach their territory. This tribe has absolutely no contact with other tribes, preferring to enter into intra-tribal marriages and maintain its population in the region of 400 people. Once, National Geographic employees tried to get to know them better, having previously laid out various offerings on the coast. Of all the gifts, the Sentinelese left only red buckets for themselves, everything else was thrown into the sea. Even the pigs, which were also among the offerings, they shot with a bow from afar, and buried the carcasses in the ground. It didn't even occur to them that they could be eaten. When the people, who decided that it was now possible to get to know each other, decided to approach, they were forced to take cover from the arrows and flee.
Piraha. This tribe is one of the most primitive known to mankind. The language of this tribe does not shine with diversity. It does not contain, for example, the names of various color shades, the definition of natural phenomena - the set of words is minimal. Housing is built from branches in the form of a hut, there is almost nothing from household items. They don't even have a number system. In this tribe, it is forbidden to borrow the words and traditions of foreign tribes, but they also do not have the concept of their own culture. They have no idea about the creation of the world, they do not believe anything that is not experienced by themselves. However, they are not aggressive at all.
Loaves. This tribe was discovered quite recently, in the late 90s of the XX century. Little monkey-like men live in huts in the trees, otherwise the "sorcerers" will get them. They behave very aggressively, they let strangers in reluctantly. As pets, wild pigs are tamed, which are used on the farm as horse-drawn vehicles. Only when the pig is already old and unable to carry cargo can it be fried and eaten. Women in the tribe are considered common, but they make love only once a year, at other times women cannot be touched.
Masai. This is a tribe of born warriors and herdsmen. They do not consider it shameful to take away cattle from another tribe, since they are sure that all the cattle in the area belong to them. They are engaged in cattle breeding and hunting. While the man is dozing in the hut with a spear in his hands, his wife takes care of the rest of the household. Polygamy in the Maasai tribe is a tradition, and in our time this tradition is forced, as there are not enough men in the tribe.
Nicobar and Andaman tribes. These tribes do not disdain cannibalism. From time to time they raid each other to profit from the little man. But since they understand that such food as a person grows and is not added very quickly, recently they began to organize such raids only on a certain day - the holiday of the goddess of Death. In their free time, the men make poison arrows. To do this, they catch snakes, and stone axes are sharpened to such a state that it costs nothing to cut off a person’s head. In especially hungry times, women can even eat their children and the elderly.
In our age of high technology, various gadgets and broadband Internet, there are still people who have not seen all this. Time seems to have stopped for them, they do not really make contact with the outside world, and their way of life has not changed for thousands of years.
In the forgotten and undeveloped corners of our planet, such uncivilized tribes live that you are simply amazed how time has not touched them with its modernizing hand. Living, like their ancestors, among palm trees and eating hunting and grazing, these guys feel great and are not in a hurry to the "concrete jungle" of big cities.
OfficePlankton decided to highlight the wildest tribes of modern times that actually exist.
1 Sentinelese
Having chosen the island of North Sentinel, between India and Thailand, the Sentinelese have occupied almost the entire coast and meet with arrows anyone who tries to establish contact with them. Being engaged in hunting, gathering and catching fish, entering into family marriages, the tribe maintains a number of approximately 300 people.
An attempt to contact these people ended with the shelling of the National Geographic group, however, after they left gifts on the shore, among which red buckets were especially popular. They shot the left pigs from afar and buried them, not even thinking to eat them, everything else was thrown into the ocean in a heap.
An interesting fact is that they predict natural disasters and massively hide deeper into the jungle when storms approach. The tribe survived the 2004 Indian earthquake and the numerous devastating tsunamis.
2 Masai
These born pastoralists are the largest and most warlike tribe in Africa. They live only by cattle breeding, not neglecting the theft of cattle from other, “lower”, as they consider, tribes, because, in their opinion, their supreme god gave them all the animals on the planet. It is in their photographs with drawn earlobes and disks the size of a good tea saucer inserted into the lower lip that you stumble across the Internet.
Maintaining good morale, considering as a man only all those who killed a lion with a spear, the Massai fought back both European colonialists and invaders from other tribes, owning the ancestral territories of the famous Serengeti Valley and the Ngorongoro volcano. However, under the influence of the 20th century, the number of people in the tribe is declining.
Polygamy, which used to be considered honorable, has now become simply necessary, as there are fewer and fewer men. Children have been grazing cattle almost from the age of 3, and the rest of the household is in charge of women, while men doze with a spear in their hand inside the hut in peacetime or run with guttural sounds on military campaigns against neighboring tribes.
3 Nicobar and Andaman tribes
An aggressive company of cannibal tribes lives, you guessed it, by raiding and eating each other. The superiority among all these savages is held by the Korubo tribe. Men, neglecting hunting and gathering, are very skillful in making poisoned darts, catching snakes with their bare hands for this, and stone axes, grinding the edge of the stone for days to such an extent that it becomes a very doable task to cut off their heads.
Constantly fighting among themselves, the tribes, however, do not make raids endlessly, as they understand that the supply of "humans" is very slowly renewable. Some tribes generally set aside only special holidays for this - the holidays of the goddess of Death. Women of the Nicobar and Andaman tribes also do not disdain to eat their children or old people in case of unsuccessful raids on neighboring tribes.
4 Piraha
A rather small tribe also lives in the Brazilian jungle - about two hundred people. They are notable for the most primitive language on the planet and the absence of at least some system of calculus. Holding primacy among the most undeveloped tribes, if it can certainly be called primacy, the feasts have no mythology, history of the creation of the world and gods.
They are forbidden to speak about what they did not know from their own experience, to adopt the words of other people and introduce new designations into their language. There are also no shades of flowers, designations of weather, animals and plants. They live mainly in huts made of branches, refusing to accept as a gift all kinds of objects of civilization. Piraha, however, are quite often called out as guides to the jungle, and, despite their ineptness and underdevelopment, have not yet been seen in aggression.
5 Karavai
The most brutal tribe lives in the forests of Papua New Guinea, between two mountain ranges, they were discovered very late, only in the 90s of the last century. There is a tribe with a funny Russian-sounding name, as if in the Stone Age. Dwellings - children's huts from twigs on trees that we built in childhood - protection from sorcerers, they will find them on the ground.
Stone axes and knives made from animal bones, noses and ears are pierced with the teeth of dead predators. Loaves hold wild pigs in high esteem, which they do not eat, but tame, especially those taken from their mother at a young age, and used as riding ponies. Only when the pig is old and can no longer carry cargo and little ape-like men, which loaves are, can the pig be slaughtered and eaten.
The entire tribe is extremely warlike and hardy, the warrior cult flourishes there, the tribe can sit on larvae and worms for weeks, and despite the fact that all the women of the tribe are “common”, the love festival occurs only once a year, the rest of the time men should not pester to women.
The exact number of African peoples is unknown, and ranges from five hundred to seven thousand. This is due to the fuzziness of the separation criteria, under which the inhabitants of two neighboring villages can identify themselves as different nationalities, without having any special differences. Scientists tend to figure 1-2 thousand to determine ethnic communities.
The main part of the peoples of Africa includes groups consisting of several thousand, and sometimes hundreds of people, but at the same time - does not exceed 10% of the total population of this continent. As a rule, such small ethnic groups are the wildest tribes. It is to this group that, for example, the Mursi tribe belongs.
Tribal Journeys Ep 05 The Mursi:
Living in southwestern Ethiopia, on the border with Kenya and Sudan, settled in the Mago Park, the Mursi tribe is distinguished by unusually tough customs. They, by right, can be nominated for the title: the most aggressive ethnic group.
They are prone to frequent alcohol consumption and uncontrolled use of weapons (everyone constantly carries Kalashnikov assault rifles, or combat sticks). In fights, they can often beat each other almost to death, trying to prove their dominance in the tribe.
Scientists attribute this tribe to a mutated Negroid race, with distinctive features in the form of short stature, wide bones and crooked legs, low and strongly compressed foreheads, flattened noses and pumped up short necks.
In the more public, in contact with civilization, Mursi, you can not always see all these characteristic attributes, but the exotic look of their lower lip is the calling card of the tribe.
The lower lip is cut in childhood, pieces of wood are inserted there, gradually increasing their diameter, and on the wedding day a “plate” of baked clay is inserted into it - debi, (up to 30 centimeters !!). If a Mursi girl does not make such a hole in her lip, then a very small ransom will be given for her.
When the plate is pulled out, the lip droops like a long round cord. Almost all Mursi have no front teeth, the tongue is cracked to the point of blood.
The second strange and frightening adornment of Mursi women is the monista, which are recruited from human finger phalanges (nek). One person has only 28 of these bones in their hands. Each necklace costs its victims five or six tassels, some lovers of “jewelry” monist wrap their necks in several rows, shining greasy and emitting a sweetish rotting smell of melted human fat, which every bone is rubbed daily. The source for the beads never runs out: the priestess of the tribe is ready to deprive the hands of a man who has violated the laws for almost every offense.
It is customary for this tribe to do scarification (scarring). Men can afford to be scarred only after the first murder of one of their enemies or ill-wishers.
Their religion, animism, deserves a longer and more shocking story.
In short: women are Death Priestesses, so they daily give their husbands drugs and poisons. Antidotes are distributed by the High Priestess, but sometimes salvation does not come to everyone. In such cases, a white cross is drawn on the widow's plate, and she becomes a very respected member of the tribe, who is not eaten after death, but buried in the trunks of special ritual trees. Honor is given to such priestesses because of the fulfillment of the main mission - the will of the God of Death Yamda, which they were able to fulfill by destroying the physical body and freeing the highest spiritual Essence from their man.
The rest of the dead are waiting for the collective eating of the whole tribe. Soft fabrics are boiled in a cauldron, bones are used for jewelry-amulets and thrown on swamps to mark dangerous places.
What seems very wild for a European, for Mursi is commonplace and tradition.
Film: Shocking Africa. 18++ The exact name of the film is Naked Magic / Magia Nuda (Mondo Magic) 1975.
Movie: In Search of Tribes of Hunters E02 Hunting in the Kalahari. San tribe.
Surprisingly, in our age of atomic energy, laser guns and the exploration of Pluto, there are still primitive people who are almost unaware of the outside world. Throughout the earth, except for Europe, a huge number of such tribes are scattered. Some live in complete isolation, perhaps not even knowing about the existence of other "bipeds". Others know and see more, but are in no hurry to make contact. And still others are ready to kill any stranger.
What about us civilized people? Trying to "make friends" with them? Should you watch them carefully? Completely ignore?
Just in these days, disputes resumed when the authorities of Peru decided to make contact with one of the lost tribes. Aboriginal defenders are strongly against it, because after contact they can die from diseases to which they have no immunity: it is not known whether they will agree to medical care.
Let's see who we are talking about, and what other tribes, infinitely far from civilization, are found in the modern world.
1. Brazil
It is in this country that most non-contact tribes live. In just 2 years, from 2005 to 2007, their confirmed number increased by 70% at once (from 40 to 67), and today more than 80 are already on the lists of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI).
There are extremely small tribes, only 20-30 people each, others can number as many as 1.5 thousand. At the same time, all together they make up less than 1% of the population of Brazil, but the "original lands" assigned to them are 13% of the country's territory (green spots on the map). 
To search for and account for isolated tribes, authorities periodically fly around the dense forests of the Amazon. So in 2008, hitherto unknown savages were seen near the border with Peru. First, anthropologists noticed from the plane their huts, similar to elongated tents, as well as half-naked women and children. 
But during a repeated flight a few hours later, men with spears and bows, painted red from head to toe, and the same warlike woman, all black, appeared at the same place. They probably mistook the plane for an evil bird spirit. 
Since then, the tribe has remained unexplored. Scientists only guess that it is very numerous and prosperous. The photo shows that people are generally healthy and well-fed, their baskets are full of roots and fruits, from the plane they even noticed something like orchards. It is possible that this people has existed for 10,000 years and since then has kept primitive. 
2. Peru
But the very tribe with which the Peruvian authorities want to make contact is the Mashko-Piro Indians, who also live in the wilderness of the Amazonian forests in the territory of the Manu National Park in the southeast of the country. Previously, they always rejected strangers, but in recent years they have often come out of the thicket into the "outside world." In 2014 alone, they were spotted more than 100 times in populated areas, especially along the banks of the river, from where they pointed to passers-by. 
“It seems that they themselves are making contact, and we cannot pretend that we do not notice this. They also have the right to do so,” the government says. They emphasize that in no case will the tribe be forced either to contact or to change their lifestyle. 
Officially, Peruvian law forbids contact with lost tribes, of which there are at least a dozen in the country. But many have already managed to “talk” with Mashko-Piro, from ordinary tourists to Christian missionaries, who shared clothes and food with them. Maybe also because there is no punishment for violating the ban. 
True, not all contacts were peaceful. In May 2015, mashko-piros came to one of the local villages and, having met the inhabitants, attacked them. One guy was killed on the spot, pierced by an arrow. In 2011, members of the tribe killed another local and wounded a national park ranger with arrows. Authorities hope the contact will help prevent future deaths.
This is probably the only civilized Indian Mashko-Piro. As a child, local hunters stumbled upon him in the jungle and took him with them. Since then, he has been named Alberto Flores. 
3. Andaman Islands (India)
A tiny island of this archipelago in the Bay of Bengal between India and Myanmar is inhabited by extremely hostile to the outside world, the Sentinelese. Most likely, these are the direct descendants of the first Africans who ventured to leave the black continent about 60,000 years ago. Since then, this small tribe has been engaged in hunting, fishing and gathering. How they make fire is unknown. 
Their language is not identified, but judging by its striking difference from all other Andamanese dialects, these people did not come into contact with anyone for thousands of years. The size of their community (or scattered groups) is also not established: presumably, from 40 to 500 people. 
The Sentinelese are typical Negritos, as ethnologists call them: rather short people with very dark, almost black skin and short, fine curls of hair. Their main weapons are spears and bows with different types of arrows. Observations have shown that they accurately hit the target of human growth from a distance of 10 meters. Any outsiders are considered enemies by the tribe. In 2006, they killed two fishermen who were sleeping peacefully in a boat that accidentally washed up on their shore, and then met a search helicopter with a hail of arrows. 
There were only a few "peaceful" contacts with the Sentinelese in the 1960s. Once, coconuts were left on the shore for them to see if they would plant them or eat them. - Ate. Another time they "gave" live pigs - the savages immediately killed them and ... buried them. The only thing that seemed useful to them was red buckets, as they were hurried to carry them deep into the island. And exactly the same green buckets were not touched. 
But you know what is the strangest and most inexplicable thing? Despite their primitiveness and extremely primitive shelters, the Sentinelese generally survived the terrible earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004. But along the entire coast of Asia, almost 300 thousand people died then, which made this natural disaster the deadliest in modern history! 
4. Papua New Guinea
The vast island of New Guinea in Oceania holds many unexplored secrets. Its hard-to-reach mountainous regions, covered with dense forests, only seem uninhabited - in fact, this is the home of many non-contact tribes. Due to the peculiarities of the landscape, they are hidden not only from civilization, but also from each other: it happens that there are only a few kilometers between two villages, but they are unaware of the neighborhood. 
The tribes live in such isolation that each has its own customs and its own language. Just think - linguists distinguish about 650 Papuan languages, and in total more than 800 languages are spoken in this country! 
The same differences may be in their culture and way of life. Some tribes turn out to be relatively peaceful and generally friendly, like a nation funny to our ears. the fuck, which Europeans learned about only in 1935. 
But the most sinister rumors circulate about others. There were cases when members of expeditions specially equipped to search for Papuan savages disappeared without a trace. This is how one of the richest American family members, Michael Rockefeller, disappeared in 1961. He separated from the group and is suspected to have been caught and eaten. 
5. Africa
At the junction of the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan, several nationalities live, numbering about 200 thousand people, who are collectively called Surma. They raise cattle, but do not roam and share a common culture with very cruel and strange traditions. 
Young men, for example, for the sake of winning brides, arrange stick fights, which can result in serious injuries and even death. And the girls, decorating themselves for a future wedding, remove their lower teeth, pierce their lip and stretch it so that a special plate fits there. The larger it is, the more cattle will be given for the bride, so that the most desperate beauties manage to squeeze in a 40-centimeter dish! 
True, in recent years, the youth of these tribes have begun to learn something about the outside world, and more and more Surma girls are now refusing such a “beauty” ritual. However, women and men continue to adorn themselves with curly scars, which they are very proud of. 
In general, the acquaintance of these peoples with civilization is very uneven: for example, they remain illiterate, but quickly mastered the AK-47 assault rifles that came to them during the civil war in Sudan. 
And one more interesting detail. The first people from the outside world to come into contact with Surma in the 1980s were not Africans, but a group of Russian doctors. The natives then got scared, mistaking them for the walking dead - after all, they had never seen white skin before!
Mikhail Ikhonsky| Jul 12, 2018
Life in huts built from straw and animal skins, getting food through gathering and hunting, lack of basic hygiene conditions, cannibalism and self-mutilation… An illustration for a history textbook or a historical film? No - reality.
Despite the fact that for the majority of the world's population, modernity is associated with advanced technologies and the most comfortable living conditions, there are still corners on the planet where people live almost like in a primitive communal system. They believe in spirits and worship the forces of nature, honor the customs of their ancestors and are constantly fighting for survival.
Asia
The vast steppes and highlands of Asia are some of the most inaccessible places for a seemingly ubiquitous civilization. Therefore, it is here that many tribes and nationalities live, almost completely isolated from the world, and therefore living almost the same as their distant ancestors.
A large ethnic group whose ancestors were Turkic, Mongol, Indo-Iranian tribes and the Huns, who inhabited the lands from Siberia to the Black Sea coast. They live mainly in the Mongolian province of Bayan-Olgi (Elgi).
On the territory of Mongolia, this people appeared as a result of a large-scale migration in the 19th century. Today, representatives of the ethnic group live almost the same way as their ancestors several centuries ago - they graze cattle, hunt with the help of tamed eagles, manually dress animal skins and sew clothes from them, believe in evil and good spirits and obey shamans.
Eagle hunters are highly respected by the people. The skill of training noble birds is passed down from generation to generation. And once a year, thousands of people gather for the Golden Eagle Festival, where the best hunters, along with their pets, demonstrate their art. The hunting season traditionally begins with this festival.
Mustang
Mustang or Lo is a highland kingdom in the Himalayas, whose inhabitants still do not know anything about electricity, televisions and telephones. They do not even have warm clothes, despite the rather harsh climate. They still consider the Earth to be flat, and the most effective treatment is the expulsion of evil spirits from a person.
Due to the inaccessibility (to get to Mustang, you need to go through seven passes, overcome several mountain streams and pass deep gorges), civilization does not penetrate into the kingdom and people here still live according to the laws of their ancient ancestors.
Polyandry is common in Mustang. Moreover, one woman can most often be the wife of several brothers.
The religion of the kingdom is early Buddhism.
The king rules the country, but the local monks, the lamas, who manage all the most important aspects of life, from the timing of sowing and harvesting to the method of burying the dead, enjoy the greatest influence.
Tsaatan
Literally, the name of the people is translated as "those who own deer." At the same time, representatives of the nationality call themselves the “people of the reindeer” of the spirit.
The Tsaatans live in the Darkhad Basin in Mongolia. The population is a little over 40 families. As the name implies, they are engaged in reindeer herding. Reindeer for them and transport, and a method of transporting goods, and a source of food. At the same time, they do not eat reindeer meat, but eat only what is made from reindeer milk (milk, cheese, butter).
Occasionally, the Tsaatan's diet includes meat obtained from hunting wild animals. They hunt with crossbows or rifles of the Second World War. Moreover, due to the difficulty of obtaining cartridges for firearms, crossbows remain a priority.
Tsaatans practice shamanism.
Rabari
Nomadic people of western India, according to legend, created by the goddess Parvati herself to look after camels and other animals. It is assumed that initially the rabari lived on the Iranian plateau, and about 1 thousand years ago they moved to India.
The main occupations of Rabari men are cattle grazing, while women run the household and do needlework. The local embroidery is especially famous.
Rabari live in small villages, consisting of one-two-room houses without any amenities. But the interior design of housing is a real work of art, in which women fully show their love for jewelry.
Ladakhi
An ancient Indian people living in the Indus Valley in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir. Their main activity is agriculture. Everyone is involved in growing crops, from the youngest members of the family to the elderly.
The Ladakhs have a rich culture that goes back over a thousand years. In the "non-working" months, when the weather does not allow farming, they devote all kinds of holidays and rituals.
Among other ancient customs, fraternal polyandry has been preserved among the people - a system of family relations, when one woman becomes the wife of all the brothers in the family at the same time.
The people inhabiting the "roof of the world". Its number is more than 5 million people living according to their own traditions and customs. Traditionally, Tibetans are divided into several categories: sedentary farmers, semi-settled pastoralists and nomadic pastoralists. Depending on the group affiliation, they may have different clothes, dwellings and the whole way of life.
Various crafts have also been widely developed among the Tibetans, and local medicine based on herbs, minerals and other gifts of nature has become famous all over the world.
Scholars consider the nomadic Qiang tribes to be the ancestors of the Tibetans. The people themselves consider themselves descendants of the monkey-god and the witch.
Drukpa
A group of related peoples, the total number of which is about 2.5 thousand people. They live in the Himalayan ranges in Bhutan.
The main occupations of Drukpas are agriculture and animal husbandry. In this case, the first is carried out with the help of the simplest tools. Farming is mainly done by women. In addition, the people trade the products of their activities with neighboring countries.
The language and customs of the Drukpas differ from those of their neighbors and have remained unchanged for many hundreds of years.
Far North
Another region of the world where, due to severe weather conditions, civilization and progress penetrate very, very slowly, allowing the locals to maintain their traditions, customs and way of life.
Chukchi
At present, the number of this people has a little more than 15 thousand representatives. At the same time, their habitat extends from the Bering Sea to the river. Indigirka, from the Arctic Ocean to the river. Anadyr.
There are two main groups of people: the tundra and coastal Chukchi. The first are engaged in nomadic reindeer herding, the second - commercial hunting for seals, seals, walruses and whales. At the same time, the Chukchi have recently preferred to use firearms for hunting.
Despite the fact that some attributes of modern civilization have reached here (the same weapons), for the most part, the life of the Chukchi has remained the same as it was hundreds of years ago. Their cultural traditions and even religion have remained unchanged - the Chuchki profess animism and believe in various spirits, to whom they turn for help in solving difficult life situations.
Nenets
They live on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. The main occupation is reindeer herding, sometimes fishing.
Nomadic reindeer herders live in tents with minimal amenities. Almost the only evidence of civilization in modern plagues are portable power plants used to illuminate the dwelling (previously they were lit only by a hearth and small man-made lamps).
The Nenets wear traditional fur clothes, which are sewn by women and use various decorations, also made with their own hands.
They believe in divine spirits, use idols to worship, and make sacrifices to the gods, seeking their blessings and patronage.
Africa
Despite the fact that Africa is considered the cradle of modern man and that its territories have been studied and explored for many hundreds of years, it is here that the largest number of original tribes are concentrated. Many of these tribes still live almost in the Stone Age, knowing nothing not only about modern technologies, but also about basic amenities.
Masai
Quite a large people leading a semi-nomadic lifestyle in Kenya and Tanzania. The main activity is cattle breeding. At the same time, the most important thing for a local man is to become a real warrior who is not even afraid of a lion. Previously, such a need arose in connection with the need to protect their herds from the encroachment on them by neighboring tribes, but today it is more a tribute to the traditions of their ancestors.
Himba
A tribe of shepherds living in one of the most severe regions of the planet - in the deserts of Namibia. The main value for the representatives of the tribe is their livestock.
Himba live in several scattered settlements, each of which forms a circle, with a corral for cattle in the center.
They feed mainly on what cows, sheep and goats give them. In order to diversify the diet, the women of the tribe collect various herbs or plant fields of corn and millet around the village.
The tribe's beliefs are related to animals and the worship of fire.
Despite numerous attempts by Christian missionaries and local authorities, Himba continue to live according to the laws bequeathed by their ancestors, making do with what nature and their own craft give them.
The closest relatives of the Masai, leading the life of nomadic livestock breeders. They live in the north of Kenya and to this day they sacredly honor the traditions and customs of their ancestors, avoiding any influences of modern civilization.
Samburu live in collapsible manyattas made of hides and clay. They surround their grayings with thorny fences, which, when relocated, can also be disassembled into separate sections.
The tribe that received the title of "most bloodthirsty" in Africa. And all because they very zealously protect their territories from outsiders, using weapons without hesitation.
Mursi live between the Omo and Mago rivers, in southwestern Ethiopia.
By occupation, the Mursi are cattle breeders. But for a variety of diets, some cereals are also grown. Not so long ago, one of the favorite activities of the men of the tribe was hunting, but due to the creation of protected areas, the hunting grounds were greatly reduced.
The calling card of the tribe is women with ceramic circles inserted into their lower lip.
Dasanech
Following the example of their primitive ancestors, the Dasanechs are engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding. Much less often among them you can find fishermen, hunters and gatherers - these activities are not held in high esteem among the members of the tribe.
Dasanech live in the Omo Valley and are considered the indigenous population of southwestern Ethiopia.
Hamer
They live in the Omo Valley. The number of the tribe is about 50 thousand representatives. Hamer are excellent shepherds and cattle breeders. Cattle breeding is considered the main activity of the men of the tribe. Women, in turn, grow corn, sorghum, pumpkin.
According to local customs, men get married quite late - after 30 years, but girls get married at the age of 17. At the same time, polygamy is widespread in the tribe.
Hamer are pagans, worship the forces of nature and do not recognize other religions.
Bana (Benna)
The closest neighbors are Hamer. Researchers believe that once these tribes were one, but many centuries ago there was a separation. The Bana lead a semi-nomadic lifestyle. Among the most valuable male occupations is beekeeping. Representatives of the tribe not only eat honey themselves, but also sell it, exchanging it for tools that they cannot make on their own.
Karo
The habitat of this tribe is adjacent to the habitat of the Ban and Hamer. To date, there are only a little more than a thousand representatives of Karo. Previously, their main activity was the breeding of goats, but due to the spread of the tsetse fly, the scourge of any livestock, the Karo had to almost completely retrain as farmers.
Another activity is fishing. And they do it in a very unusual and original way - with the help of long pointed sticks.
Arbore (erbore)
Another inhabitants of the river valley. Omo numbering about 4.5 thousand people. Erbore are highly respected by their neighbors - priests of other tribes often turn to them for help, since according to legend, even the devil himself could not defeat this tribe.
Members of the tribe are engaged in livestock breeding and trade. In between work, they dance and sing, believing that dancing and singing eliminate negative energy.
The Arbore call their supreme deity Vak, and I measure the wealth of the family by the number of livestock.
Oceania
An exotic corner of the planet where you can easily travel back to the times of primitive people. It is here that not just savages live, who do not know and do not obey the laws of civilization, but the real cannibals.
hooli
A Papuan people who have lived in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea for over a thousand years. In terms of numbers, it is one of the largest in the region. The name of the tribe is translated as “people in wigs”, and the faces of men, painted with bright paint, are considered to be its hallmark - to intimidate the enemy.
They adhere strongly to animistic beliefs and make sacrifices to the spirits of their ancestors in an attempt to appease them.
The men of the tribe spend almost all their time hunting, while the women are engaged in farming, gardening and gathering the gifts of nature.
Yali
One of the peoples for whom human meat is still considered a favorite delicacy. Local authorities are trying to fight this habit, but the prohibitions of civilization are not able to finally get rid of the thousand-year-old laws of their ancestors. True, as a result of the work carried out by Christian missionaries in the last hundreds of years, the yali stopped eating the meat of white people.
They place their dwellings on mountain ridges - in order to protect themselves from neighboring tribes. Food is cooked directly on hot stones lying on the ground.
The main occupations are hunting and farming. Yali also has domestic animals, including chickens and pigs. The latter, by the way, are very popular - because of them, a real war between neighboring tribes can even begin.
Korowai
Another Papuan tribe that, on occasion, will not refuse to eat human flesh. Korowai build their dwellings on trees, and their main occupations are hunting, fishing and gathering. At the same time, they hunt with the most primitive tools.
They never maintained contact with the surrounding peoples, which contributed to the preservation of their way of life the same as hundreds of years ago.
Polygamy is widespread in the tribe.
Korowai believe in the possibility of communication with the afterlife and revere their sorcerers. However, if trouble happens, then the same sorcerer is necessarily blamed for it and the unfortunate one is simply eaten. "Communication" with the spirits is facilitated by smoking narcotic herbs, which, by the way, is one of the reasons for the short life expectancy of Korowai - an average of 30 years.
They are often referred to as "clay people" or "mud covered people". And all because in the custom of the tribe to smear themselves with white clay and wear clay masks - to scare away enemies. At the same time, the tribe is quite harmless, unlike its neighbors in the region.
Currently, the village of Asaro is a small town of Goroka.
Until relatively recently (almost until the middle of the last century), Europeans did not know anything about this tribe, and the tribe, accordingly, did not come into contact with modern civilization.
Kalam
Residents of the mountain village of Simbay. It is not easy to get here, which was the reason for the isolated development of the people and the preservation of the traditions and customs of their ancient ancestors.
The men of the tribe hunt most of the time, while the women farm and gather wild fruits, roots, and herbs.
Relations in the tribe are friendly and strong - the Kalamas live as one big family, in which mutual assistance and mutual assistance are developed.
Maori
Indigenous people of New Zealand. Despite the fact that the Maori have been in close contact with civilization for a long time, they manage to preserve many of their original traditions and customs.
A lasting impression on tourists is made by Maori dances and their tattoos, which serve as a pedigree and to indicate the status of their bearer.
tribute
They live in the mountainous area of Western New Guinea, the province of Papua. They are engaged in hunting, gathering, cattle breeding and trade.
At a high level, tribute and agriculture, which skillfully uses irrigation. Like most tribes in the region, they often enter into military conflicts with their neighbors, but at the same time, unlike many, they do not eat human meat.
The burial ritual is unique among the tribute - the bodies are smoked and stored for hundreds of years. At the same time, if a man dies in the family, then his female relatives must cut off their finger phalanx.
Ni-vanuatu
They inhabit the state of Vanuatu, located in the Pacific Ocean. Previously, the tribe was considered one of the most ferocious among its neighbors, it practiced ritual cannibalism.
To date, representatives of the tribe do not eat human flesh, although their other customs, inherited from their ancestors, are still sacredly revered.
South America
Gaucho
Argentine version of cowboys. Before large areas of the prairies were adapted for commercial ranching, the gauchos were a nomadic people, constantly roaming the local expanses.
Gauchos are descendants of Spaniards and women of local Indian tribes. Today, their nomadic lands have been drastically reduced, but they are still excellent horsemen and hunters.
Warani (Guarani)
The name of the tribe is translated as "people". It lives in eastern Ecuador and until the middle of the 20th century they did not contact the outside world.
Even in the last century, eating human meat was practiced in the tribe, but after the arrival of Catholic missionaries, the Uorani try not to remember this habit.
At present, the beliefs of the people are a combination of Christianity and paganism. At the same time, like many years ago, the Uorani are engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, and hunt wild animals.
True, the achievements of civilization have already leaked here too - today the representatives of the tribe practically do not go naked, preferring to cover their bodies with peculiar clothes.
