Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker
An American adventurer went on a journey into one of the most remote jungles on Earth to uncover and investigate a particularly terrifying tribe of cannibals living there.
Drew Binski who had traveled in almost every country arrived alone in Papus New Guinea where the Korowai people live in isolation. They live much like our ancestors from the early early years.. They wear very little, if any, clothing and hunt with bows and arrows.
Until 1974, the Korowai did not know any more people existed. on the planet. Their world was the rain forest, stone tools, hunting, fishing and living as if was the stone age.
Binsky spent much time among the Momona tribe, neighbors of the Korowai, who shared stories about their terrifying cousins.
I have read that one tribe practices cannibalism but I cannot imagine that.
The Korowai people don’t eat humans for pleasure or their nutritional value,”. Drew explained. “It’s simply a form of punishment. If you steal something, you’re burned at the stake and ate.” (Oh my)
The tribe lives in a dense rain forest and in past years built their homes high in the trees. This kept out thieves and different tribes from raiding their homes.
There are over 300 various tribes living in the region and sometimes they get along and sometimes they don’t.
Clothing is made of leaves or gourds and there is no internet, phone service or modern conveniences.
Since making contact with the western world, the tribe has had to rapidly adapt the way in which they live to the ways of the outside world.
Writer and adventurer Will Millard visited with the Korowai people, who have now become used to tourists and the documentary film crews.
One person who ventured into the Korowsi tribe and filmed a TV show said that the Korowai tribe and others now realize that if they danced and jumped around for the film crew they would get money.
With money some have got clothes and things like modern tools. However some have a hard time adjusting to our Western World.
One thing they asked for was cell phones. They have no internet or electricity but wanted to play games and take pictures.
Would i want to visit there? Well, no. But God Bless them and i hope they get whatever they wan and live a happy peaceful life. However, I would like to see that documentary
Want to visit the Korowai? Climb up in their houses? Wouldn’t that be a great vacation? Well if you go let me know and I’ll give you a Penny for your thoughts.
