[quote]Aerial photographs of an isolated tribe in the Brazilian rain forest are yielding a sensational new look at a Neolithic way of life that has all but disappeared from the face of the Earth.
The high-resolution images, taken from a helicopter last week by Brazilian photographer Ricardo Stuckert, offer an unprecedented glimpse of a vibrant indigenous community living in complete isolation in the depths of the Amazon jungle. National Geographic obtained first-time rights from Stuckert to publish a selection.
“I felt like I was a painter in the last century,” Stuckert said, describing his reaction to seeing the natives. “To think that in the 21st century, there are still people who have no contact with civilization, living like their ancestors did 20,000 years ago—it’s a powerful emotion.”[/quote]
[quote]The tribe’s apparent well-being was heartening to Meirelles. The people looked well fed and healthy, he said. Plots of corn, manioc, and bananas surrounding the cluster of communal huts—known as a maloca—seemed capable of sustaining as many as 80 to a hundred people. Together with other nearby malocas of the same tribe, Meirelles believes the population exceeds 300.
Equally impressive for Meirelles was the barrage of arrows the tribesmen fired at the helicopter, which he took as a healthy sign of resistance. “They’re messages,” he said. “Those arrows mean 'Leave us in peace. Do not disturb.'”[/quote]
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I can't even imagine what is going through their minds when they see a helicopter flying above them. What could they possibly think that is, I wonder if they even consider the possibility that it has something to do with other humans.
It's hard to imagine that there are still primative tribes out there in the world. Crazy stuff man.
[QUOTE=l337k1ll4;51574626]I can't even imagine what is going through their minds when they see a helicopter flying above them. What could they possibly think that is, I wonder if they even consider the possibility that it has something to do with other humans.[/QUOTE]
I find it surprising that there is still pockets of unknown human groups still living on this planet.
please leave them be
To a certain extent they seem to be aware of the outside world.
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[QUOTE]Although they seek to avoid direct contact with outsiders, the Indians at the headwaters of the Envira and Humaitá rivers have long made use of steel tools. “Dating back to 1910, there have been reports that they raided settlements and made off with machetes and axes,” Meirelles said. “They’ve been using them for a long time. They’re practically part of their culture.” The tools have allowed them to clear large enough swaths of forest to expand food production.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Kecske;51574675]To a certain extent they seem to be aware of the outside world.
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With that little contact, they might have contracted some nasty diseases and want to avoid other people to keep it from happening again.
[QUOTE=l337k1ll4;51574626]I can't even imagine what is going through their minds when they see a helicopter flying above them. What could they possibly think that is, I wonder if they even consider the possibility that it has something to do with other humans.[/QUOTE]
Especially when it comes to people like this, they already know very well that these machines come from the outside because those are the ones gradually destroying their home turf for lumber and farmland. I would imagine some of them shit themselves at the sight of an airplane because they know the implications behind it.
With a lot of "uncontacted" peoples, it's less that nobody has ever interacted with them and more that they have intentionally withdrawn to protect themselves, knowing full well that entering the global economy often means a general loss of many of their customs and often their land. A lot of them break their own rules, and you'll see cast iron and tin cookware, metal tools floating in through people they do trust to trade with.
Brazil's government knows people are there and basically grants them protection from that sort of development, although these days it's anyone's guess how long it will last.
Where in Rio De Janeiro did they take these photos?
[QUOTE=sYnced;51574661]please leave them be[/QUOTE]
This should definitely be against the prime directive.
didn't this turn out to be a complete lie last time
[QUOTE=The bird Man;51574872]Where in Rio De Janeiro did they take these photos?[/QUOTE]
Sir please put down that edge
I hope they leave them out of the horrors of Facebook messages
I feel as though they could get much better pictures with a drone, since a helicopter is a huge, loud, obnoxious thing (relatively) and any shots you get are going to be of some scared, angry people.
You think they ever get their junk scratched on some bush and ask themselves "why the hell don't we have pants? it's 2016!"
I like the Macaw in the first picture.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;51574970]Sir please put down that edge[/QUOTE]
chill out it was a joke
Reminds me of
[video=youtube;sDj8WT1jz84]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDj8WT1jz84[/video]
I always wanted to know what would happen if you left a phone or similar in their settlement while they were not looking. Would they destroy it or attempt to learn its secrets?
The images look almost painted in a way it is sort of strange.
[quote]“Those arrows mean 'Leave us in peace. Do not disturb.'”[/quote]
Or the arrows mean "This is the loudest fucking bird I've ever seen".
[QUOTE=sYnced;51574661]please leave them be[/QUOTE]
So we should leave them in squalor, where their children will die of easily curable ailments, where they will never have access to a proper education and the ability to know about the wider world?
Sorry, but no. They have a right to know about the wider world and the benefits it could bring them.
I feel like that's what people said when they came across the Native Americans before promptly handing over a nice heaping helping of disease.
[QUOTE=download;51575973]So we should leave them in squalor, where their children will die of easily curable ailments, where they will never have access to a proper education and the ability to know about the wider world?
Sorry, but no. They have a right to know about the wider world and the benefits it could bring them.[/QUOTE]
What right do we have to force all of that on them? Do they not have a right to abstain from any of that?
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;51575139]I feel as though they could get much better pictures with a drone, since a helicopter is a huge, loud, obnoxious thing (relatively) and any shots you get are going to be of some scared, angry people.[/QUOTE]
A drone would be kind of hard to get there, the range of it would put them pretty close to the village and trees easily block signals.
[QUOTE=download;51575973]So we should leave them in squalor, where their children will die of easily curable ailments, where they will never have access to a proper education and the ability to know about the wider world?
Sorry, but no. They have a right to know about the wider world and the benefits it could bring them.[/QUOTE]
Making contact would probably kill more of them than modern medicine would save because of illnesses.
[QUOTE=download;51575973]So we should leave them in squalor, where their children will die of easily curable ailments, where they will never have access to a proper education and the ability to know about the wider world?
Sorry, but no. They have a right to know about the wider world and the benefits it could bring them.[/QUOTE]
But they do?????
they're welcome to initiate it themselves lol
[QUOTE=Anti Christ;51575990]What right do we have to force all of that on them? Do they not have a right to abstain from any of that?[/QUOTE]
So their children should have no right to proper education and medical care in perpetuum? Because they apparently should remain ignorant of the outside world?
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[QUOTE=thelurker1234;51576052]But they do?????
they're welcome to initiate it themselves lol[/QUOTE]
How can you initiate something if you don't know of it?
[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;51576003]Making contact would probably kill more of them than modern medicine would save because of illnesses.[/QUOTE]
Even though they're known to have made contact with civilisation because they've raided other settlements and taken their stuff?
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[QUOTE=thelurker1234;51576052]But they do?????
they're welcome to initiate it themselves lol[/QUOTE]
Ask this question: they start killing each other, do you intervene because it breaks the law, or do you let them deal with it themselves?
The authorities have a duty to involve them in the civilisation to which they land is on, but if they choose to live in their old ways, thats their perogative (provided they comply with the law).
I imagine that the chief of the tribe or other higher ups forbid the others to contact the outside world. I'm guessing there's at least one or two curious tribesmen that doesn't contact us for fear of punishment of some sort.
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