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Absolutely fascinating. They found another previously unknown tribe in the rain forests (Amazon) in Brazil. Actually this is not really uncommon. There are supposed to be some one hundred of these communities left in the world, half of them in Brazil and Peru.

The plane flew over the village. The tribe was sitting outside but the plane scred them and they ran in the houses. afterwards the men reappeared, painted red and shot at the plane.

The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, took these photos and published them Thursday. According to CNN, "it tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment.
(source Huffington Post)

They and their relatives apparently live in six communal shelters known as malocas, according to the government, which has tracked at least four uncontacted groups in the region for the last 20 years.

The photos were taken during 20 hours of flights conducted between April 28 and May 2.
(source Huffington Post)

e buildings are quit remarkable. Obviously this is not a group wandering around.
From what I know these tribes are often plagued by ilnesses, whiping out half the population.

This tribe will be left alone. Others have been visited by scientists and clergymen. It is possible to make contact with tribes like these. There language is related to that of other tribes. However you still have a chance of being killed and eaten.

The black figure in this picture is thought to be a woman.

I wonder what the tribesmen think about the big bird in the sky.

Watch the documentary Uncontacted Tribes online.

Uncontacted Tribes.
posted on: 31 05 08

This makes me sad and angry at the same time. You probably heard the news about footage of uncontacted tribes. The reason they made this footage publicly to the world is because uncontacted groups in the region, whose homes have been photographed from the air, are in severe danger from illegal logging in Peru. What is happening in this region [of Peru] is a monumental crime against the natural world, the tribes, the fauna and is further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the "civilised" ones, treat the world.

There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes worldwide, with more than half living in either Brazil or Peru. All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed and decimated by new diseases. Survival has launched an urgent campaign to get their land protected, and a unique film narrated by actress Julie Christie.

Over one hundred tribes around the world choose to reject contact with outsiders. They are the most vulnerable peoples on the planet. Many of them are living on the run, fleeing invasions of their land by colonists, loggers, oil crews and cattle ranchers. They have often seen their friends and families die at the hands of outsiders, in unreported massacres or epidemics.

This is their story, and a big shame to our so-called "civilised" world.

All pictures: Brazil National Indian Foundation (Funai)
sources: Huffington Post and BBC News

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