The Supercurioso team loves everything related to the human being and the different cultures that exist in the world. It's great to know other points of view and other ways of understanding reality, that's why it's always been said that traveling is really beneficial for being human . Here we present you in a way Summarized 10 of the most rare and fascinating world tribes.
Some of them have not been discovered for 100 years and maybe there are still communities to discover! For now, we encourage you to join us to meet such incredible tribes as the women with a plate on the lip, the giraffe women, the skeleton warriors and many others whose traditions will leave you fascinated. Get ready to explore cultures you never imagined!
10 Truly Amazing World Tribes
1. Dogón
The Dogon tribe is found in Mali, west of Africa and if they are characterized by something is their ability to climb amazing cliffs.
They do this in order to obtain bat guano or pigeon guano, which they sell as fertilizer and also to acquire Telem objects that are sold to art collectors.
This tribe is made up of some 400,000 members, but lately the riots and the bad season of the harvests have made their life more difficult and the hope of lifetime shorten
They also highlight their traditional masks that accompany with accessories of impressive colors.
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2. Nenet
The Nenets are a group of almost 50,000 nomads originating in Siberia (Russia) who are characterized by being tremendously resistant.
They move thousands of reindeer along 1,100 kilometers for migratory reasons, in an area whose temperatures are below 50 degrees. Amazing!
The Nenets also respect the land and the resources it offers them, to the extent that their faith is based on this principle. In addition, they also have shamans that connect directly with their deities. These are called tadibya .
3. Himba herders
It is a semi-nomadic tribe whose members live scattered throughout the northwest of Namibia and southern Angola . They are also known as the most beautiful town on the African continent.
They usually live in some structures built with manure and mud . Among them, wealth is measured by the won. In fact, the goat is the centerpiece of all its feeding.
Women have hair arranged in complicated and surprising hairstyles and often cover the body with a reddish color, made of butter, ocher and herbs. It is a people that resists change that "contaminates" them from all sides and tries to maintain their ancestral lifestyle.
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4. Bayaka
Is a pygmy tribe of the Central African Republic who loves 'Jengi' or spirit of the forest.
Their culture is fascinating, because in their community they have a wide knowledge in medicine formulated with herbs and use very special and proper traditions to hunt.
They are also known for their dances and their music.
5. Huli Wigmen
The Huli Wigmen they are one of the tribes of the world more amazing, that lives in Papua New Guinea and that is especially striking for its way of dressing and decorating the skin. They make their hats with their own hair and also sell it. They also wear a yellow paint to cover their faces, they carry an ax with claws, an apron made with leaves and a belt made with braids.
Following their tradition, they perform a dance that imitates the birds that can be found on the island. They are also called yellow warriors.
6. The Mursi and the Surma
These two tribes call attention to having a common custom that is very striking: women carry a plate on the lip.
The Mursi are from Ethiopia and the Surma inhabit parts of Ethiopia and Sudan. Women in both communities often apply these pumpkin or clay discs in the mouth , while men do the same but in the lobes of their ears.
Of course, lip dishes are considered a sign of beauty in these tribes, despite the pain involved. If a Mursi woman or Surma refuses to wear it she is exposed to being rejected and to spending her life away from her family and without being able to marry a man from her tribe.
The dish is installed on the lips of young women when they reach approximately 15 years. When going through this painful ritual, they extract 4 lower teeth. The objective of this intervention is that the plate holds more easily.
7. Kayan
Padaung is the word used to refer to the Kayan Lahwi, the tribe that stands out because its women wear gold rings, like necklaces, throughout its neck, lengthening it in an extraordinary way.
This tribe live in Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, although some of its members have migrated to other countries.
What do these rings mean? When worn by women, they show their beauty, how many more gold rings increases this consideration, and their wealth. The idea is that they remind them of dragons, a creature highly praised in Burmese culture that is considered protective against evils such as epidemics and other misfortunes.
Is it hard to wear these rings? To give you an idea, sometimes your total weight exceeds ten kilos.
8. Maasai
The maasai they are one of the world's best-known tribes . They inhabit territories of Kenya and Tanzania and are basically cattle ranchers and monotheists, dedicating their faith to a God who gave them the pastures and all the flocks of the world, being these sacred.
In your culture, livestock is extremely important , because it shows your wealth. It will depend on this patriarchal society even how many women the owner of this one will have and will be used as punishment, sacrificing it, if he performs punishable acts such as rape.
In this tribe the rites are extremely important. Among them the dance called adamu , which allows us to enjoy those scenes that you may have seen of the young Masaai jumping higher and higher, while the rest of the community sings and shouts, encouraging them.
Also, in some communities they practice other rituals less accepted because of their danger and violation of human rights such as ablation.
9. Asaro
The Asaro of Papua New Guinea They are also known as "the Men of Clay "And stand out among the world's most amazing tribes for their macabre-looking clay masks.
It is not clear where this curious tradition comes from, which leads them to cover their clay skin, leaving it white, and to wear these sinister masks, but there is a legend that tries to clarify its origin.
The legend says that for the celebration of a wedding all the assistants were asked to come dressed in the traditional way. One of them did not have time to find clothes, so he decided to cover his mud body and create a kind of mask with holes to see. When he showed up at the wedding, instead of arousing the interest of those who had come, everyone fled in terror thinking that he was a ghost .
This gave an idea to the man who decided that being disguised in this way would give them a war advantage. So they used this strategy to face a neighboring tribe with which they had been in conflict for years and won.
In this way, his appearance as "men of clay" became a tradition.
10. Chimbu
The Chimbu from Papua New Guinea They are on our list of the world's most incredible tribes for being known as the "skeleton warriors".
This community lives in the mountainous area of Papua New Guinea and is still a mystery to the West. He thinks that it has not been a hundred years since his existence was discovered, in 1934.
The tradition of paint their bodies like skeletons It has its origin, as well as apparently the appearance of the "mud men", in the will of intimidate enemies . However, nowadays it has become a festive and musical ritual that implies that the nearby clans join to participate in it.
The name "Chimbu" comes from "Simbu" which is what the natives said in their language when they saw the first Western men and women they found. This word means "pleasant surprise". Something very nice especially coming from a town that paints its body in a sinister way, right?
What other fascinating tribes of the world do you know?
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