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priscilla 1Uncontacted Tribes
June 23rd 2008 11:39
Uncontacted peoples are peoples who, either by choice or chance, live without significant contact with the larger civilizations of the world.
A problem with making contact with isolated peoples is that they do not generally have any immunity to common diseases which explorers trying to make contact will inevitably carry. This can have severe consequences as normally minor diseases, such as the common cold, can be deadly when no natural immunity exists.
There are several uncontacted tribes in New Guinea and Amazonia, including the Tagaeri band of Huaorani (Ecuador) and Kirineri, Nahua and Nanti peoples in the Nahua-Kugapakori Reserve (Peru). Recently, the Brazilian government has released photographs and new information about an isolated tribe living near the Peruvian border that anthropologists have had knowledge of for some 20 years; they have decided to make the information public now because the tribe's habitat is in danger due to logging, much of which occurs illegally and unregulated. Many advocate increased awareness of the danger that this tribe and other isolated groups face. Photos taken of this uncontacted tribe are the feature of this post.
Bodies painted bright red and black, with longbows drawn.
*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Uncontacted peoples.
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Perhaps these photo's will be the last - as you say - our sophisticated diseases invade their lives.... so terribly sad.