Africa's most outlandish tribes and their habits

Entering the world of the Masai people in Kenya

Before arriving in Kenya, there were never rumors of the Masai people. This time, I had the honor of traveling in Kenya to the villages of the Maasai people, an indigenous people in the interior. Entering the world of the Masai people.

Entering this village, you can see Masai people along the way. They hold spears and wear red clothes. Some graze cattle and sheep, and some rush on their way. The Masai are a nomadic people in East Africa and one of the more distinctive ethnic minorities in East Africa. At present, there are 584,000 Maasai people in Kenya, accounting for about 2% of Kenya's total population. They mainly live in the Rift Valley Province near Tanzania's territory.

The Masai men were tall, handsome, and slightly arrogant. They were once called "noble wild people" by Western colonists. The traditional Maasai people live a nomadic life, eating beef, mutton, milk and blood as their primary food, and living in areas inhabited by wild beasts such as lions, elephants, bison, and leopards. Years of symbiotic coexistence have formed a certain tacit understanding between the Masai people and wild beasts, and generally do not disturb each other.

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distant from the world

In Kalahari, Botswana, the Busmen were forcibly expelled from their habitat and deprived of their means of livelihood. The Bushmen have lived there since 20,000 years ago, and the country's authorities appear to have ordered them to move out of the arid, waterless Gobi and move to a new settlement site because of diamonds buried underground in the interior. The Bushmen are one of the 5000 indigenous groups on earth. There may be still uninvented tribes, said anthropologist Antonio Perez: "It is expected that there will be uninvented tribes in the Amazon region and on the island of Papua New Guinea. There are still some tribes in the Chaco region of Bolivia that have been invented, but they have not been at war with the outside world. In short, I think there are at most five or six such tribes, and each tribe is no more than seventy to eighty people."

Mursi women decorate themselves with earthen plates

The Mursi, who live in the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia, are one of the most eye-catching primitive tribes in the world because Mursi women decorate themselves with earthen plates. This habit is similar to that of the Kayapo Indians in the Amazon, who hang a roasted earthen plate (probably a wooden plate) on their lips. When you were a teenager, you stuffed the plate into your mouth, and your lips cracked. When you grew up, you could replace it with a larger plate. Wearing a plate on your lips is not only for beauty, but also a symbol of wealth. The bigger the plate, the more dowry she will have.

Mikeans avoid other tribes

The Mikeays are descendants of the original people of Madagascar who live in the southwestern part of the island and have about 100 people. They are nomadic tribes. They do not fight against other tribes and hide when they encounter others. Mainlanders call them "people disguised as trees." Mikiah people, regardless of age, change places every two or three days. The temperature in the place they live is as high as 50 degrees Celsius, but because of the drought, they only drink a glass of water every day. They hunted hedgehogs, but their primary food was the roots of a plant called Babao. The key to exploring Babao was an untold secret among the Mikeans, so that people from other tribes would not find Babao.

The "Leaf Girl" of the Koma tribe is far away from contemporary civilization. In the dense forest of the Arantica Mountains at an altitude of 1800 meters at the junction of Cameroon and Nigeria, there is a tribe that is far away from contemporary civilization, the African Koma people. This tribe consists of four tribes, each speaking a different dialect, but the basic inside story is the same: the girl wears no clothes and only covers her lower abdomen with leaves. She is called the "Leaf Girl". They tied a rope around their waists and pinned the collected branches and leaves on it, making it a "magnificent dress." Girls love magnanimity, and skirts are easily damaged, so women have to change them on many times a day. Compared with girls, men seem much more "civilized". They not only wear underpants, but some also wear tops.

The social layout of the Koma people is strict and closed

More than two centuries ago, they lived in the plains below the Alantica Mountains. Due to the invasion of the northern nomadic people, the Peur people fled to the mountains to explore their hideouts. The cliffs and virgin jungles became their natural bunkers. Since then, they have been forgotten, and it was not until 1926 that anyone understood them from their hair.

The Koma people live between the blue sky and clouds and are also called "Tianmin". If outsiders think of where they live, they will not only spend six or seven hours walking through the dense virgin jungle, but also climb steep rocks.

Pocket Nation

"Pygmy" comes from Greek and means "the size of a fist". The Pygmies are an ethnic example of the Australia race. They are called "Negrilos" in Africa and "Negritos" in Asia, the Andaman Islands, the Malay Peninsula, and the Philippines. These two etymics are Spanish and mean "little black". The Pygmies now refer specifically to the Nigriro people in Africa. Pygmies are short in stature, short in head and thighs, and rarely taller than 1.5 meters. They can be called a "pocket nation."

The Pygmies lived in central Africa for a long time in their early years and were leaders of the prehistoric Sanga culture. The spread of the Bantu forced them to retreat into the tropical jungles of Central Africa, which are now managed by countries such as Zaire. It is precisely because of this history that the Pygmies lost their own words.

The Pygmies lived in a primitive social state. The clan was their social organization. Seven or eight households formed a group with no private knowledge. They make a living by collecting and hunting. The men are all excellent hunting masters. They can recognize the male, female and species of a wasp from 9 meters away. Although they are short and short, they are obedient and fast. They can capture elephants, monkeys and other animals with hunting nets, spears, poison arrows and other weapons. Women are the primary burden of collecting matters. The various edible plants they collect, as well as termites, fruit honey, caterpillars, snails, etc., are general primary foods.

Pygmies cannot make fire, so one of the most important missions of women is to fire their lives. They cover grass or leaves on a shelf made of branches as their bedroom, where the fire lives. Leaves and grass are also the raw materials they use to build clothes.