The picture above, from a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest in Brazil, was taken from an airplane during a flyby performed by the National Indian Foundation. Their mission is to locate and protect indigenous tribes. The tribe discovered last week is one of the very few remaining on earth that never have been in contact with the outside world. I find it fascinating that there still exist people who live like this, unaware of and protected from Paris Hilton, ethnic and religious conflicts, poverty, starvation, unemployment, employment, career stress, dating, and all the other problems and obsessions that haunt modern man.
It must also be the wet dream of every anthropologist to go study such a tribe. Who knows what they might have discovered, or what strange things they might be up to. I therefore think that the National Indian Foundation should operate a bit more like the MIB, i.e. keep the undiscovered tribes undiscovered, and thus protected from the madness of contemporary society. Sure, locate them, set up a natural reserve, and do what you can to stop the destruction of the rainforest, but don’t go shouting out to the world, “Hey! Look what we found!” And if possible, they should try to be a bit sneakier when locating these tribes. From now on they will probably live in fear of that giant noisy bird devil that one day swept over their village with a furious roar.
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3 comments:
Da kanske även du anvânder uttrycker "spisa skivor" "ha en hippa" "finaste gâbortsblusen" Okay kanske just inte den sista dâ :)
Spisa skivor har jag ju hört nån gång.. kan ha vart från min farmor. Skall definitivt ta upp användadet ifall jag återvänder till sverige, tack!
Hey You know there is actually a small island of the coast of India, in the Andaman Archipelago where such a tribe exists. And everytime anthropologists try to go and study them (which they have tried) Their greeted with a not so friendly cloud of arrows and spears coming from the small island.
I agree with you, this sort of virgin society is amazing. If you have time i encourage you to read up on Bhutan... fantastic country where the monarch loves his people so much hes actually forcing democracy onto them when they hust want to keep their king.
Other cool things: no mtv, no western tv in general, high tax to be paid to enter which means backpackers havnt spoilt the landscape, very bdhist people and finally and perhaps as a result of this, no crime...
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