The picture above shows members of a heretofore unknown and uncontacted tribe indigenous to the Brazilian rain forests along the Peruvian border. Upon seeing the craft overhead they retreated into the jungle, only to reemerge covered from head to toe in red paint and started firing their longbows at the aircraft during it's subsequent passes. It's amazing that these groups of people still exist untouched by the modern world, and quite sad that the unceasing encroachment of rain forest logging will eventually destroy their ancestral home forever. The Guardian.uk has the full story here.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
First Contact
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I thought this was a video game. I would like to retract my post on neuroticism. THIS is your best post ever. We need more stories about people like this. It's unreal what is out there.
Thanks, brother. I liked writing the neurotic post because it's one of the more personal things I've posted here that most people who know me don't know about. I had a serious moment of hesitation before I hit the "publish post" button.
I find the picture from First Contact to be strikingly beautiful. It captures the angst and reactionary nature of a people that seem to have stepped out of time.
I think it's easy to forget as Americans that there are still people in the world still living in the same manner of our very distant ancestors, and stories like this serve to remind us of where we came from and perhaps where we're going.
Agreed on all accounts. ONE of my roommates thinks we're headed down the same path as Rome. We shall see.
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