In the depths of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, there lives a mysterious tribe whose men, women and children do not wear clothes, and everyone has a wooden stick in their mouth, and they do not take it off when they eat or sleep.
They were descendants of the Indians, the Zoe. With a total population of just over 150, Zoe is the smallest and most well-preserved primitive tribe ever found.
They lived a primitive life of isolation until they were inadvertently discovered by Brazilian missionaries in 1987 and became known to the world.
The Zoe people live in the depths of the Amazon rainforest, the rainforest climate is hot, and there is no contact with the outside world, so that they never have the concept of clothing, not even the habit of using animal skins and leaves to cover private parts, and they are completely naked and honest with each other.
They built houses of wood and palm leaves to shield them from the wind and rain, slept in hammocks made of rattan, and made a living by gathering and hunting.
They pick a variety of wild fruits and grow cassava, cotton, bananas and more. Cassava is simply processed into flour and baked over a clay plate to make a delicious tapioca cake.
They are also excellent hunters, hunting and fishing.
A poisonous plant is broken, a cage is woven with palm leaves, the poisonous plant is placed in a cage, and the cage is repeatedly soaked in water.
The toxins in the plant spread, and the fish in the water soon floated to the surface of the water as if they were anesthetized, and with a light shot of a miniature bow and arrow, the fish became a sac.
After a few minutes, the effect of the toxin will disappear, leaving no damage at all. Isn't that amazing?
The Zoe people are beautiful, they will put a special kind of sticky mud on the forehead, stained with white bird and animal fur for decoration, just like the headband worn by our modern people, is it very beautiful?
People in modern society give them scissors and mirrors, and they will seriously look at the mirror and trim their hair.
The most breathtaking thing is the wooden stick on their mouth. The Zoe people believe that the wooden stick is a symbol of beauty, which can show the charm of women and the masculinity of men, and everyone must have it!
When girls reach the age of 7 and boys reach the age of 9, adults will make a small hole in the lower lip with a sharp animal bone cone and insert a small wooden stick, which is a grand rite of passage for each Zoe.
With the increase of age, the small stick will slowly be replaced by a large stick, generally 3 times in a lifetime, the longest one is about 18 cm, 2 cm thick.
The stick can be replaced and washed, but after it is replaced and washed, it will continue to be worn on the mouth, and it will not be taken off when eating or sleeping.
The Zoe people, unlike other tribes, have elders and chiefs, they have no hierarchy, men go out hunting, women gather, plant, raise children at home, and in order to better reproduce, they practice "polygamy" and "polyandry".
Girls can marry at the age of 9 and become mothers at the age of 10. The children who are born do not know who their father is, only their mother. Because of the difficult living conditions, their life expectancy is very short, often exceeding 40 years old.
They revere nature, believe that their ancestors lived on the moon, and call themselves the "sons of the moon".
They live in harmony with the rainforest, never ask excessively from the rainforest, and even fish, they only take the right amount of fish, and do not hurt the unwanted fish.
Hunting is especially true, weak prey will be abandoned directly, and small beasts without survival will be brought back to the village to raise.
The Zoe people see themselves as part of nature, treating everything in the rainforest with gratitude, awe, and joy, except for the needs of survival, everything else is superfluous, which is their way of survival.
I hope that through them, in the materialistic modern society, we can find a little pure heart!