Continues to be excellent and very insightful.
I kind of missed the sub titles of the tribe which we had from last week but I guess their language is not easy although from the facial expressions I reckon it would have been fairly hilarious to 'listen'
It reinforces for me the importance of humour and willingness to partake in the lives of those you meet and the respect it shows for them and for you.
Interesting to see the use of poisons to catch the fish and demonstrated nicely ( not legal in Europe of course). I posted some info on this before in this thread:
Primitive Ways -Fish Poison
Some good links there.
I was really impressed with the use of tools without anything metal. Mussel shells used as a spoon and also a broken one used for cutting (after being caught from the stream and eaten I assume). Also the use of sharp bamboo used for butchering and the stone axe was impressive, until he broke it
Wonder what they used to hunt before pigs were introduced onto the islands and I guess the dogs they used for hunting were non-native also. Just shows how people adapt.
One of the strongest points to come across, perhaps in a different way form last week was the reasons and willingness these essentially 'stone age' (in the sense of technology which also means highly skilled!) people looked to entering the modern world when they talked about getting lighting like the airstrip village.
It was poignant the way they talked about a history of being 'afraid of the dark' ( that real primeval feel born for true danger still from man and beast) and also a desire to move away from the historic violence typified ultimately by the cannibalism, to living in peace in a modern world. Parry mentioned this again like last week when it was the AK47 bringing their traditional lives swiftly into the modern era. The thought of such a beautiful part of the globe being ripped up and exploited as seems inevitable is heart breaking. Lets hope they have some say in their future. It is hard to believe they can survive the onslaught of convenience, exploitation and the seduction of the meaningless paraphernalia we so depend on now.
Again it was the simple act of putting his clothes on and heaving on a loaded up rucksack and his acknowledgement of that when leaving, which made this all the more clear.
I kind of missed the sub titles of the tribe which we had from last week but I guess their language is not easy although from the facial expressions I reckon it would have been fairly hilarious to 'listen'
It reinforces for me the importance of humour and willingness to partake in the lives of those you meet and the respect it shows for them and for you.Interesting to see the use of poisons to catch the fish and demonstrated nicely ( not legal in Europe of course). I posted some info on this before in this thread:
Primitive Ways -Fish Poison
Some good links there.
I was really impressed with the use of tools without anything metal. Mussel shells used as a spoon and also a broken one used for cutting (after being caught from the stream and eaten I assume). Also the use of sharp bamboo used for butchering and the stone axe was impressive, until he broke it
Wonder what they used to hunt before pigs were introduced onto the islands and I guess the dogs they used for hunting were non-native also. Just shows how people adapt.
One of the strongest points to come across, perhaps in a different way form last week was the reasons and willingness these essentially 'stone age' (in the sense of technology which also means highly skilled!) people looked to entering the modern world when they talked about getting lighting like the airstrip village.
It was poignant the way they talked about a history of being 'afraid of the dark' ( that real primeval feel born for true danger still from man and beast) and also a desire to move away from the historic violence typified ultimately by the cannibalism, to living in peace in a modern world. Parry mentioned this again like last week when it was the AK47 bringing their traditional lives swiftly into the modern era. The thought of such a beautiful part of the globe being ripped up and exploited as seems inevitable is heart breaking. Lets hope they have some say in their future. It is hard to believe they can survive the onslaught of convenience, exploitation and the seduction of the meaningless paraphernalia we so depend on now.
Again it was the simple act of putting his clothes on and heaving on a loaded up rucksack and his acknowledgement of that when leaving, which made this all the more clear.
