Show the most primitive tribes in the world. The wild tribes of Brazil are the cruel cannibals of Korubo, the natives of Sinta Larga and Guarani. Leather processing and drying of burbot skins

I wonder if our lives would be much calmer and less nervous and hectic without all the modern technological advances? Probably yes, but more comfortable - hardly. Now imagine that on our planet in the 21st century, tribes live calmly, which easily do without all this.

1. Yarava

This tribe lives in the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. It is believed that the age of Yarava is from 50 to 55 thousand years. They migrated there from Africa and now there are about 400 of them left. The Yarawa live in nomadic groups of 50 people, hunt with bows and arrows, fish in coral reefs and collect fruits and honey. In the 1990s, the Indian government wanted to provide them with more modern living conditions, but the Yarawa refused.

2. Yanomami

The Yanomami lead their usual ancient way of life on the border between Brazil and Venezuela: 22,000 live on the Brazilian side and 16,000 on the Venezuelan side. Some of them have mastered metalworking and weaving, but the rest prefer not to contact the outside world, which threatens to disrupt their centuries-old life. They are excellent healers and even know how to fish with plant poisons.

3. Nomole

About 600-800 representatives of this tribe live in the tropical forests of Peru, and only since about 2015 did they begin to show up and carefully contact civilization, not always successfully, I must say. They call themselves "nomole", which means "brothers and sisters". It is believed that the people of Nomole do not have the concept of good and evil in our understanding, and if they want something, they will not hesitate to kill an opponent in order to take possession of his thing.

4. Ava Guaya

The first contact with Ava Guaya occurred in 1989, but it is unlikely that civilization has made them happier, since deforestation actually means the disappearance of this semi-nomadic Brazilian tribe, of which there are no more than 350-450 people. They survive by hunting, live in small family groups, have many pets (parrots, monkeys, owls, agouti hares) and have their own names, naming themselves after their favorite forest animal.

5. Sentinelese

If other tribes somehow make contact with the outside world, then the inhabitants of the North Sentinel Island (Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal) are not particularly friendly. Firstly, they are supposedly cannibals, and secondly, they simply kill everyone who comes into their territory. In 2004, after the tsunami, many people suffered on neighboring islands. When anthropologists flew over North Sentinel Island to check on its strange inhabitants, a group of natives came out of the forest and threateningly waved stones and bows and arrows in their direction.

6. Huaorani, Tagaeri and Taromenane

All three tribes live in Ecuador. The Huaorani had the misfortune of living in an oil-rich area, so most of them were resettled in the 1950s, while the Tagaeri and Taromenane broke away from the main Huaorani group in the 1970s and moved into the rainforest to continue their nomadic, ancient lifestyle. . These tribes are rather unfriendly and vengeful, therefore, special contacts were not established with them.

7. Kawahiva

The remaining representatives of the Brazilian tribe Kawahiwa are mostly nomads. They do not like to interact with humans and simply try to survive by hunting, fishing and occasional farming. The Kawahivas are endangered due to illegal logging. In addition, many of them died after communicating with civilization, picking up measles from people. According to conservative estimates, there are now no more than 25-50 people left.

8. Hadza

The Hadza are one of the last tribes of hunter-gatherers (about 1300 people) living in Africa near the equator near Lake Eyasi in Tanzania. They still live in the same place for the last 1.9 million years. Only 300-400 Hadza continue to live the old fashioned way and even officially reclaimed part of their land in 2011. Their way of life is based on the fact that everything is shared, and property and food should always be shared.

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Amazon natives

In the jungle of the Amazon, an unknown tribe of Indians was discovered

With specially conducted reconnaissance from the air, the Brazilian authorities were able to confirm the fact that in the jungle, not far from the border with Peru, a primitive tribe of about 200 people lives in complete isolation from the civilized world.

And scientists managed to find out where the Brazilian natives live by carefully examining images from space. And then, in the Vale do Javari reservation, large areas of tropical forest cleared of woody vegetation were noticed. From the air, the expedition members managed to photograph the dwellings and the natives themselves. The men of this tribe dye themselves red and cut their hair in front, leaving it long in the back. However, representatives of modern civilization did not attempt to make contact with the natives, fearing that this could harm primitive people.

Currently, in Brazil, the affairs of primitive tribes are handled by a special government organization - the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI). Its functions mainly include an attempt to protect savages from outside interference and from all kinds of encroachments on the lands they occupy by farmers, loggers, as well as poachers, missionaries, and of course those businessmen who grow narcotic plants in the wild wilds. In essence, the National Indian Foundation guards and protects the Aborigines from any outside interference.

Part of the current official policy of the Brazilian government is to locate and protect isolated aboriginal groups in the Amazon jungle. Here, by now, 68 groups torn off from civilization have already been discovered, including fifteen of them in the Vale do Yavari reservation. From the air, the expedition members managed to photograph the dwellings and themselves of the aborigines of the last discovered group. They live in large thatched barracks with no windows, wearing primitive clothing, although many of them wear nothing at all. In areas cleared of forest vegetation, natives grow vegetables and fruits: these are mainly corn, beans and bananas.

In addition to the noted group of aborigines, 8 more places of possible habitat of savages were found in the images from space, which the employees of the National Indian Fund FUNAI undertake to “register” in the near future. To do this, they must fly there and take pictures of everything. For this purpose, they will probably use helicopters to take a closer look at the primitive Indians and the features of their life.

Almost unknown to science, the wild tribes of the Amazon Indians seem to be in danger due to constant unwanted contact with the outside world. These Indians, once a large tribe, were previously forced to go deeper into the forest due to constant incursions into their settlements. In the past few years, these Amazonians have often had to deal with other Aboriginal tribes. Therefore, the current ethnic issue is difficult to resolve, and, unfortunately, it will soon be impossible to keep these tribes truly "wild" and protect them from all kinds of external contacts. And most of the wild settlements are concentrated on the border of Peru and Brazil, where there are more than 50 tribes that have never been in contact with either the outside world or other tribes. Scientists believe that wild tribes should be kept "wild" as long as possible, although the natives are now at greater risk, as the development of tropical forests is gaining momentum in Peruvian territory ...

Photographer Jimmy Nelson travels the world capturing wild and semi-wild tribes who manage to maintain a traditional way of life in the modern world. Every year it becomes more and more difficult for these peoples, but they do not give up and do not leave the territories of their ancestors, continuing to live the same way as they lived.

Asaro tribe

Location: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Taken in 2010. Asaro mudmen ("People from the river Asaro, covered in mud") first encountered the Western world in the mid-20th century. Since time immemorial, these people have smeared themselves with mud and put on masks to instill fear in other villages.

“Individually, they are all very sweet, but with their culture under threat, they are forced to stand up for themselves.” - Jimmy Nelson.

Tribe of Chinese fishermen

Location: Guangxi, China. Taken in 2010. Cormorant fishing is one of the oldest methods of fishing with the help of waterfowl. To prevent them from swallowing their catch, the fishermen tie their necks. Cormorants easily swallow small fish, and bring large ones to their owners.

Masai

Location: Kenya and Tanzania. Taken in 2010. This is one of the most famous African tribes. Young Maasai go through a series of rituals to develop responsibility, become men and warriors, learn how to protect livestock from predators, and keep their families safe. Thanks to the rituals, ceremonies and instructions of the elders, they grow up to be real brave men.

Livestock is central to Maasai culture.

Nenets

Location: Siberia - Yamal. Taken in 2011. The traditional occupation of the Nenets is reindeer herding. They lead a nomadic life, crossing the Yamal Peninsula. For more than a millennium, they survive at temperatures down to minus 50°C. The 1000 km long annual migration route lies across the frozen river Ob.

“If you don’t drink warm blood and don’t eat fresh meat, then you are doomed to die in the tundra.”

Korowai

Location: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Taken in 2010. The Korowai are one of the few Papuan tribes that do not wear koteka, a kind of penis sheath. The men of the tribe hide their penises by tightly tying them with leaves along with the scrotum. Korowai are hunter-gatherers who live in tree houses. This nation has strictly distributed rights and duties between men and women. Their number is estimated at about 3,000 people. Until the 1970s, the Korowai were convinced that there were no other peoples in the world.

Yali tribe

Location: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Taken in 2010. Yali live in the virgin forests of the highlands and are officially recognized as pygmies, since the height of men is only 150 centimeters. The koteka (penis gourd case) serves as part of the traditional dress. It can be used to determine the belonging of a person to a tribe. Yalis prefer long thin kotekas.

Karo tribe

Location: Ethiopia. Taken in 2011. The Omo Valley, located in Africa's Great Rift Valley, is said to be home to some 200,000 indigenous peoples who have inhabited it for millennia.

Here the tribes from ancient times traded among themselves, offering each other beads, food, cattle and fabrics. Not so long ago, guns and ammunition came into circulation.

Dasanech tribe

Location: Ethiopia. Taken in 2011. This tribe is characterized by the absence of a strictly defined ethnicity. A person of almost any origin can be admitted to dasanech.

Guarani

Location: Argentina and Ecuador. Taken in 2011. For thousands of years, the Amazonian rainforests of Ecuador have been home to the Guarani people. They consider themselves the bravest indigenous group in the Amazon.

Vanuatu tribe

Location: Ra Lava Island (Banks Island Group), Torba Province. Taken in 2011. Many Vanuatu people believe that wealth can be achieved through ceremonies. Dancing is an important part of their culture, which is why many villages have dance floors called nasara.

Ladakhi tribe

Location: India. Taken in 2012. The Ladakhs share the beliefs of their Tibetan neighbours. Tibetan Buddhism, mixed with images of ferocious demons from the pre-Buddhist Bon religion, has been at the heart of Ladakhi beliefs for over a thousand years. The people live in the Indus Valley, are mainly engaged in agriculture, and practice polyandry.

Mursi tribe

Location: Ethiopia. Taken in 2011. "Better to die than to live without killing." Mursi are pastoralists-farmers and successful warriors. Men are distinguished by horseshoe-shaped scars on the body. Women also practice scarification, and also insert a plate into their lower lip.

Rabari tribe

Location: India. Taken in 2012. 1000 years ago, the Rabari tribe was already roaming the deserts and plains that today belong to Western India. The women of this nation devote long hours to embroidery. They also manage the farms and deal with all financial matters, while the men look after the flocks.

Samburu tribe

Location: Kenya and Tanzania. Taken in 2010. The Samburu are a semi-nomadic people who move from place to place every 5-6 weeks to provide pasture for their livestock. They are independent and much more traditional than the Maasai. Equality reigns in samburu society.

mustang tribe

Location: Nepal. Taken in 2011. Most Mustang people still believe that the world is flat. They are very religious. Prayers and holidays are an integral part of their lives. The tribe stands apart as one of the last strongholds of the Tibetan culture that has survived to this day. Until 1991, they did not let any outsiders into their environment.

Maori tribe

Location: New Zealand. Taken in 2011. Maori - adherents of polytheism, worship many gods, goddesses and spirits. They believe that ancestral spirits and supernatural beings are omnipresent and help the tribe in times of trouble. The Maori myths and legends that originated in ancient times reflected their ideas about the creation of the Universe, the origin of gods and people.

"My tongue is my awakening, my tongue is the window of my soul."

Goroka tribe

Location: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Taken in 2011. Life in the highland villages is simple. The residents have plenty of food, friendly families, people honor the wonders of nature. They live by hunting, gathering and growing crops. Internecine clashes are not uncommon here. To intimidate the enemy, the warriors of the Goroka tribe use war paint and decorations.

"Knowledge is just hearsay as long as it's in the muscles."

Huli tribe

Location: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Taken in 2010. This indigenous people fight for land, pigs and women. They also put a lot of effort into impressing the enemy. Huli paint their faces with yellow, red and white paint, and are also famous for the tradition of making elegant wigs from their own hair.

Himba tribe

Location: Namibia. Taken in 2011. Each member of the tribe belongs to two clans, one by one's father and one by one's mother. Marriages are arranged for the purpose of expanding wealth. Here, appearance is vital. He talks about the place of a person within the group and about his phase of life. The leader is responsible for the rules of the group.

Kazakh tribe

Location: Mongolia. Taken in 2011. Kazakh nomads are the descendants of the Turkic, Mongolian, Indo-Iranian groups and the Huns, who inhabited the territory of Eurasia from Siberia to the Black Sea.

The ancient art of eagle hunting is one of the traditions that the Kazakhs have managed to preserve to this day. They trust their clan, count on their herds, believe in the pre-Islamic cult of the sky, ancestors, fire, and the supernatural powers of good and evil spirits.

There are still enough places on our planet inhabited by wild tribes who do not want to make contact with the outside world. They managed to preserve their uniqueness, original way of life and culture for thousands of years. For their existence, the gifts of generous nature were quite enough for them.

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Anthropologists are attracted by a rare opportunity to study the life of our distant ancestors from the Stone Age. There is disagreement among scholars regarding such tribes. Some feel they need to be contacted. Others argue that this is absolutely impossible to do.

A weighty argument is the danger of their complete extinction. Since they lived in complete isolation from the outside world for a long time. Their immune system cannot fight the numerous diseases of modern civilization.

It is believed that at present there are about a hundred, completely isolated tribes. They live in, in Africa, in New Guinea and on the numerous islands of the Pacific Ocean.

Currently, there are about a hundred, completely isolated tribes.

Korubo - a wild tribe of cannibals

This wild Brazilian tribe was discovered recently, in 1996. Among all the natives, they stand out for their extreme aggressiveness. For the habit of constantly carrying a war club, which they virtuously wield, they are called "head blowers."

Neighbors are often attacked, and women take part in such raids on an equal basis with men. Obviously they are descendants.

The prisoners can be eaten. There is an assumption that the Korubo Indians practice cannibalism. They do not even spare their children, born with pathology or birth trauma - they immediately kill them. The same fate awaits sick fellow tribesmen.

This tradition also existed among other peoples. This was practiced by the natives in arid Australia and the northern people - the Eskimos.

Girls were killed more often, the role of men as a breadwinner was more important. In Japan, at the birth of twins, only boys were left alive.

A distinctive feature from neighboring natives is a peculiar hairstyle. Front bangs and cropped nape. Tattoos and drawings on the body are not practiced.

They are mainly engaged in hunting, sloths and birds. As well as fishing and farming. The tribe has full equality of all members, both women and men. All issues that arise are resolved jointly. Families are polygamous (polygamy).

The traditional dwelling of the Korubo Indians is a long building made of palm leaves with several exits. Up to a hundred tribesmen can live in it at the same time. Internal partitions divide the space of the house into several separate "rooms". It's like a communal apartment with a hundred neighbors.

In the tribe, complete equality of all members, both women and men

The Disappearing Indians of Brazil: Cinta Larga

Once the number of this people reached more than five thousand people. Now there are about 1.5 thousand left.

Unfortunately for this Indian tribe, they lived in the jungle, where rubber trees grew. And this "gave the right" to the rubber collectors to destroy the natives, so as not to interfere with their fishing.

The war between the natives and the rubber miners lasted for decades. Their primitive weapons could not withstand firearms. But the jungle was their home, which gave them the advantage of surprise attacks.

Then a diamond deposit was discovered on these lands. And then came the period of "diamond fever". Adventurers flock here from all over the world in search of fortune.

And the Indians themselves tried to mine these precious stones. There were often conflicts between them and outsiders, with casualties on both sides.

In 2004, the Brazilian government managed to negotiate with the leaders for a certain amount. That the Indians will close their mines and give up this lucrative business in the future.

The Sinta Larga tribe lives in polygamous families. Girls get married very early, at 8-10 years old.

Girls get married very early, at 8-10 years old

Remember your name

Men change their name several times during their lives. This is due to the ongoing fateful events. But they have one constant secret name, which only the closest tribesmen know.

The Indians are well versed in plant poisons and use this knowledge in hunting and fishing. They know how to imitate the voices of animals and thus lure animals. Before hunting, to attract good luck, a magic ritual is performed. In addition to hunting and fishing, they are engaged in agriculture.

Wild tribe of the Amazon - Guarani

Before the arrival of Europeans in South America, the number of this nationality was more than 400 thousand people. They lived in communities in villages, in long houses made of palm leaves, several families together.

They ate by hunting and gathering in the jungle. They exchanged with their neighbors their products of pottery, weaving and woodcarving.

The first contacts with Europeans took place in 1537. At that time, the Guarani were the dominant people in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. But with the advent of the colonialists, a sad account awaited them.

They were expelled from their lands. They were driven into dedicated reservations and deprived of the rights of national self-determination. A stream of immigrants from Europe poured into the liberated lands.

The slave trade flourished. Tens of thousands of Guarani Indians found themselves in the slave markets. Those who agreed to accept Christianity were provided with firearms. This added even more aggressiveness. Guarani have always been distinguished by increased hostility. Bloody conflicts began.

Currently, many tribes that have survived to our times prefer to live in isolation. Minimizing contact with the outside world. They are trying to save a thousand-year-old, original way of life.

The Guarani tribe lives in isolation. Minimizing contact with the outside world.

The Last Indians of Brazil

Civilization cannot be completely ignored. They began to cover their nakedness with clothes. Use medical services. Many of them work in cities and have vehicles. Televisions appeared in the houses.

But some traditions remain unshakable. They get married at the age of 13-15. It is forbidden to marry strangers. The punishment is expulsion from the tribe.

They live in villages. The guests are not very welcome. Location can be achieved by gifts to the leader. And if he accepts them, then you can get acquainted and communicate with other residents. But not many people get this permission.

Now, on the lands that once belonged to the Indians, the forest is being cut down and oil refineries are operating. They have to leave their homes.

Obviously, soon there will be only memories of peoples who survived for thousands of years, but died as a result of a meeting with modern civilization ...

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South America accounts for the largest number of tribes that are not in contact with modern civilization and, in their development, are not far from the Stone Age. They were so lost in the impenetrable jungle of the vast Amazon basin that scientists still periodically discover more and more new tribes of Indians, still unknown to the world.

The plane was fired upon

The Amazon River Basin is a unique region where many places have still been preserved, where neither a topographer, nor an ethnographer, nor just a civilized person has yet set foot. It is not surprising that periodically in this vast territory, researchers discover Indian tribes that are still unknown to either local authorities or scientists. Most of the so-called non-contact tribes live in Brazil. More than 80 such tribes have already been recorded in the lists of the National Indian Foundation. Some tribes number only two or three dozen Indians, others can reach 1-1.5 thousand people.

In 2008, news channels literally around the world reported the discovery of a previously unknown tribe in the Amazon jungle near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. During the next flight, scientists from the aircraft noticed elongated huts, and next to them were half-naked women and children. When the plane turned around and flew over the village again, the women and children had already disappeared, but rather belligerent men appeared, whose bodies were painted red. They fearlessly made an attempt to hit the plane with arrows from their bows. By the way, together with the warriors, a black-painted woman came out to confront the terrible chirping "bird"; perhaps it was the priestess of the tribe.

Scientists came to the conclusion that the tribe, unknown to science, is quite prosperous and, possibly, numerous. All its representatives look healthy and well-fed, we managed to fix fruit baskets in the photo, and from the plane we noticed some kind of garden. According to scientists, this tribe is stuck in a primitive system and has been in this state for ten thousand years.

It is curious that scientists did not expect to find any settlement in this place at all. So far, no attempts have been made to contact this tribe. This is dangerous for both scientists and Indians: the former may suffer from spears and arrows of savages, while the latter may die from diseases to which they have no immunity.

"Head blowers" and a little bit of cannibals

In the western part of the Amazon basin, in Brazilian territory near the border with Peru, lives the Korubo tribe, which was first discovered only in 1996. The Brazilians call these Indians corubo caseteiros, translated from Portuguese - "people with clubs." They also have an eerie nickname - "head blowers", it is associated with their habit of carrying battle clubs with them and deftly wielding them in conflict situations and in battles with neighboring tribes. Rumor has it that korubo are cannibals and may well eat human flesh if they are hungry.

The male half of the tribe, of course, is engaged in hunting and fishing. With the help of blowpipes with poisoned arrows, korubo hunt birds, monkeys and sloths, and sometimes people ... At one time, the Spanish conquistadors were horrified by these blowpipes. Hiding in dense thickets with their silent weapons, the Indians could inflict significant damage on any unit, and then disappear into the jungle without loss. Modern weapons will also not save travelers if the korubo suddenly decide to hunt them.

Korubo thrives on a solid "democracy": in their tribe everyone is equal, they have neither the poor, nor "oligarchs", nor leaders, nor priests, nor any privileged strata. The Indians decide the emerging issues at the general meeting, and women are not deprived of the right to vote. The only privilege of the men of the tribe is the right to have several wives. A typical Indian hut - korubo is a huge "communal", it is a very long house with four entrances, in which up to a hundred people live. Inside, it is, however, divided by some partitions woven from palm leaves, but, by and large, they rather create only the appearance of separate rooms.

In Russia, information about this lost tribe appeared thanks to the travels and publications of the St. Petersburg scientist and businessman Vladimir Zverev. Traveling with Muscovite Anatoly Khizhnyak through the Amazonian jungle, the Russians unexpectedly encountered Korubo Indians. This meeting could well end in the death of travelers; fortunately, armed guides were with them, and the bulk of the men of the tribe left the village to hunt.

For a couple of days, the Indians thoroughly cleaned out our travelers, stealing from them not only food, spoons, mugs and bowls, but also hats. However, knowing about the aggressiveness of this tribe, we can assume that the Russians got off lightly. Despite their very tarnished reputation, the Korubo Indians are under the protection of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), specially created in Brazil.

By the way, the korubo once insidiously killed seven representatives of this organization, but FUNAI employees did not even look for the killers, believing that these children of the jungle were unaware of Brazilian laws, so they did not bear any responsibility for their actions.

"Extreme empirics" from the Amazonian jungle

In addition to Korubo, there are many more exotic tribes in the Amazon, among them the Pirah tribe stands out. Details from the life of a feast became known to the world thanks to the Christian missionary Daniel Everett. Back in the second half of the 20th century, Everett settled in a tribe called Piraha, living in the Maya River Valley in Brazil. It is worth noting that the missionary was a linguist and anthropologist, so his testimonies are not just the notes of a religious figure and an inquisitive person, but the observations of a fully qualified scientist.

Everett called the feasts "extreme empiricists": these Indians rely solely on their experience and do not perceive what they have not seen themselves or have not heard from direct eyewitnesses. That is why the religious mission of Everett and suffered a complete collapse. As soon as he began to talk about the deeds of Jesus, the Indians immediately bombarded him with purely practical questions. They were interested in how tall the Savior was, the color of his skin and where Everett met him. As soon as the missionary confessed that he had never seen him, one of the Indians said, "You've never seen him, so why are you telling us this?" After that, the pirates completely lost interest in the missionary's soul-saving conversations.

Feasts never cease to amaze modern scientists: for example, for them there is no concept of "one", and attempts to teach their children to count at least up to ten were unsuccessful. At the end of the training, they didn't even see any difference between the piles of five and four, they considered them the same! In the Piraha language, there is practically no distinction between singular and plural, and "he" and "they" for them are one word. They also do not have such seemingly extremely necessary words as “everyone”, “all” and “more”. Of their language, Everett wrote the following: “The language was not difficult, it was unique. There is nothing else like it on Earth."

Another amazing feature of this tribe is that pirates are afraid to sleep for a long time. In their opinion, after a long sleep, you can wake up as a different person; in addition, the Indians believe that sleep makes them weak. This is how they live, alternating twenty-minute naps at night with active wakefulness. Most likely, due to the lack of a long sleep, which for us, as it were, separates from day to day, the feasts have neither "today" nor "tomorrow". They keep no record of time and, like the heroes of a popular song, the feasts "have no calendar."

About once every six or seven years, the Pirahas change their name, because they consider themselves as a child, teenager, youth, adult or old man to be different people ...

The tribe practically lives under communism, the feasts have no private property, they share everything they get equally, hunting and gathering just as much as they need for food at the moment. It is curious that the feasts do not have such concepts as "mother-in-law" or "mother-in-law", with the concepts of kinship they are clearly poor. "Mom" and "dad" are just "parent", they also consider both grandfather and grandmother. There are also the concepts of "child" and "brother / sister", the latter without distinction of gender. There are no "uncles" and "aunts" for pirates. They also have no feelings of shame, guilt, or resentment. Piraha do without polite phrases, they already love each other.

After staying with the feast, Everett completely went into scientific activity, became a professor. He considers the representatives of this tribe the happiest people in the world. The scientist writes: “You will not find chronic fatigue syndrome in feasts. You will not encounter suicide here. The very idea of ​​suicide is contrary to their nature. I have never seen anything in them that even remotely resembles the mental disorders that we associate with depression or melancholy. They just live for today and they are happy. They sing at night. This is just a phenomenal degree of satisfaction - without psychotropic drugs and antidepressants.

Despite Everett's fears about the fate of this unique tribe due to contact with civilization, in recent years the number of firahs, on the contrary, has increased from 300 to 700 people. The Indians are very cool about the benefits of civilization. True, they still began to wear clothes, and from gifts, according to Daniel, his friends accept only fabrics, tools, machetes, aluminum utensils, threads, matches, fishing line and hooks.