Tribe living on the trees: Korowai Bashny.Net

They live in the trees bear the only banana leaves, hunt wild boar, and practiced cannibalism. Tribe loaves - one of the interesting and unique tribes for anthropologists and other researchers.

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1. A group of hunters living in the remote Indonesian forest is considered the first official tribe that lives in the trees. Korowai tribe from the eastern region of Indonesia is living in the trees, talking on his special language and survives on animals and plants. In the photo: a member of the Korowai tribe stands on the stairs to the house





2. According to the census conducted this year, in this tribe of nomads, whose clothes only banana leaves, there were 3,000. In the photo: a member of the Korowai tribe wraps stone ax in rattan. Korowai say they do not know where their tribe took a stone, but anthropologists have suggested that they were caught in the highlands near here



3. The members of the tribe skillfully climb the stairs to their wooden houses, which are located at a height sometimes reaching up to 50 meters from the ground. The houses are built at different heights, depending on how well the owner of the house gets along with other dogs. Photo: Aerial view of an empty house on the tree. The photographer was at the height of 50 meters



4. Tribe excellent hunting and fishing. In the photo: a member of the Korowai tribe of young cassowary bears killed in the hunt.



5. Lance Korowai tribe used for different types of production and have different names. Most pointed the arrow in the center is made of cassowary bone and is used to kill people. Spear left her with four spikes on the tip is used to fish with a blunt spear on horseback - for lizards and a wide end of the bamboo - wild boars.



6. Before the end of the 1970s, when anthropologists began to study this tribe, the Korowai are not aware of the existence of other people besides his tribe.



7. tribes engaged in cannibalism, but anthropologists claim that after their presentation to the outside world, this practice stopped. Korowai eating the meat of wild boar, deer, sago and bananas. In the photo: a woman from the tribe of loaves recycles bark sago palm in starchy foods that accompanies almost every meal



8. Only a few representatives of the tribe can read and write. During the census, only 2,686 people were interviewed through an interpreter. They seem to still live in the Stone Age. They do not wear clothes and live in trees. In the photo: the woodcutter beetle larvae. Sago trees cut down for 4-6 weeks before the feast, and left to rot in a swamp, where they fill the larvae. At the appropriate stage of larval development (4-6 weeks) trees "reveal" a stone ax or a sharp spear. These beetles - a favorite dish, they are usually eaten as a raw or roasted. They taste pretty good. In the world of Korowai tribe, which lacks protein, these beetles - one of several important sources of fat.



9. "Now that we know about them, about their numbers and characteristics, they are no longer isolated. We will do everything that they have access to education and treatment as all other Indonesians, "- said the head of the Indonesian statistics agency. In the photo: a man with slazit ironwood, knocking the nest of black ants that serve him bait fish.



10. Leading sago ritual stand in a circle and share with guests (not pictured) playful attacks, before entering the house, which will host the feast.



11. Lizard prepare your meal right in the woods, where she was caught.



12. The group of huts belonging to the clan of three brothers living in this area of ​​the forest.



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14. House of Korowai tribe in the forest near the town of Merauke, in the Indonesian province of Papua.



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