It is said that although human beings have entered the modern society for many years now, the Internet and globalization have turned the world into a "global village", but in some remote corners, to this day, there are still many primitive tribes isolated from modern civilization, they have their own unique language, culture and living habits, and have jaw-dropping living traditions. There are 5 real primitive tribes below, and the culture of each tribe is very surprising, let's take a look.
Dinka tribe
The tribe is mainly distributed in the swampy western circumference of the Upper Nile Basin in South Sudan, covering an area of about 380,000 square kilometers of grassland and forest. Although life may seem harsh, the Dinka people have an average height of 1.82 meters, and their skin color is also the darkest among African tribes, with a population of about 1 million people today.
The Dinka tribe spent their lives with cattle, which were symbols of their economic and social status, their food source was cattle, their dowry for marriage was cattle, and the compensation after disputes was also cattle.
Simba tribe
The Simba tribe is mainly found in northwestern Namibia and depends on animal husbandry for their livelihoods, and they have their own unique language and culture. Due to the lack of water, the locals do not bathe, in order to avoid sunburn, the women of the tribe will grind a red stone, mixed with butter, ash and then applied to their own body, also used to fix the hairstyle, so they are also called "red clay people".
Due to their special genetics, it is difficult for most boys to live past the age of 15, so the proportion of men and women in the tribe is seriously imbalanced, and although polygamy is practiced, the population is still decreasing. In the 1980s, the Simba tribe had more than 200,000 people, but by 2010 there were only about 20,000 left. Coupled with the influence of modern society, many young generations have gradually left the tribe and integrated into modern society, and the Simba tribe may disappear in the future.
Kayan tribe
The Kayan tribe is mainly distributed on the border between Myanmar and Thailand, and the biggest feature of this tribe is that women carry circles of brass coils around their necks, pulling their necks to an abnormal size, so the tribe is also known as the "long-necked people" by some people. Women in the tribe usually start wearing collars as young as they are 5 years old, and the number of turns is increasing every year.
As for why they wear these coils, there are several origin stories, one is to prevent tigers from biting their necks, the other is to prevent other tribes from kidnapping them because of their beauty, whatever the origin, copper collars have now become a symbol of status, beauty and wealth in the local area.
Mursi tribe
The Mursi tribe lives mainly in the Omo River valley in southwestern Ethiopia and has a population of about 5,000 people. They communicate in their own unique language, without words. The most conspicuous feature of the tribe is that the women would stuff a huge plate into their lips.
It is understood that the reason why they put lip plates on the plates is to prevent other tribes from plundering women, and the second is to prevent the invasion of evil spirits. They start placing plates around the age of 10, using a knife to cut a hole between the lower lip and gums, then put in a small plate to open the mouth, and gradually replace the small plate with a large plate, and only when they are eating, sleeping or working will they remove the plate. The larger the plate in the mouth, the more beautiful it is, and the higher the girl's value.
The Apatani tribe
The Apatani tribes, living in the valleys of southern Tibet bordering India, depend mainly on farming and hunting, also have no writing, speak a Language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family, and practice shamanism. One of the most peculiar aspects of the tribe is that the women's faces are tattooed with various patterns and huge corks are stuffed into their nostrils.
It is understood that the reason why they will plug the wooden plug on the nose is poignant, in a long time ago, the women of the Apatani tribe were the most beautiful of all the nearby tribes, and people from other tribes around would often come to rob women, and the people of the Apatani tribe were gentle and not good at fighting, in order to protect them, the people in the tribe could only give women a tattoo, plug the nose, make them ugly, and thus avoid being kidnapped by bandits. Today, young women from the Apatani tribe no longer have tattoos on their faces and nose plugs.
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