Tribe meets white man for the first time

[Biscuit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyLvdm1JXsg

The most amazing video I have ever seen on the internet. Absolutely incredible stuff. Tribe on Papua New Guinea meets white man for the first time. Filmed in 1976.

Thought I'd pass it on.

The last minute shows the white people record the tribesmans voice and play it back to him. Total headfuck.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Quite incredible. Their reactions and behaviour is very "animal-like". I hope the white guys weren't American - the natives would never conme out again !

 

[gripper stebson]

Beautiful. A stunning video that. I love the internet!

 

[magoo]

titssssss.

 

[somerset]

With my cynical head on it felt a little contrived,.... but assuming I am wrong it was heartwarming for sure.

Sadly 30 odd years later most of those youngsters are now probably humping rocks for an Australian or Chinese strip mining company,.. or logging with the best of them to make way for Palm oil groves.

 

[daveinprague]

I saw a film documentary years ago about some party travelling into png interior in the 1930s... ... was pretty amazing.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Can't help thinking, about the possibility, that some of them may now regret having made contact 35 years ago. It would be interesting to see how they live now.

 

[Notters]

Very sad, their way of life is no more, no doubt.

 

[fork me]

Awesome footage! Thanks.

 

[Monkey Man]

Uplifting but somehow sad at the same time. You get the impression that this chance encounter would have completely altered the complexion of that community and its view of its place in the world.

 

[Giraffe]

I wonder if wonderbra has moved in yet?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I read a national geographic article about them a couple of years ago. The person doing the article had to meet with them going by phases of the moon. They only know words for a couple of numbers. He said then they were getting pushed out by intensive farming.

There's also the ricky gervais podcast were they talked about them and Karl called them the 'papa people'.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Why didn't they eat them?

 

[Wilko]

Cheers Biscuit. I just showed this to my Sociology class and they loved it.

 

[Napper]

Hmmmm black fella seems far to comfortable eating with the spoon

Suspicious

 

[magoo]

I suppose the banging on the back of the head is a sign of liking something?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Was this Croydon?

 

[Return of the Rev]

Very similar to a film i saw of the first mobile libary arriving in hastings 1978

 

[sydney]

titssssss.

lol

 

[Mr deez]

Agreed it's great but why the f*** did they see fit to overdub the undoubtedly incredible recorded sounds with that sodding shite music?. Is there a version without that nonsense on it so you can here whats going on?.