This tribe’s incredible hats are actually made from their own hair, with men in this isolated 40,000 strong group harvesting their main for their own use or to sell to others. They combine this with yellow face paint, a clawed axe, an apron of leaves and a belt of dangling pigtails to intermediate rival tribe. Traditionally, they perform a classic bird dance, mimicking the birds of Paradise.
These are semi-Nomadic tribe. When stationery, they live in tipi-shaped structures built with mud and dunk. They keep an ancestral fire burning 24 hours a day in homage to their God Mukuru. Wealth is measured in cattle but meat is a more regular part of the diet.
Primary known for their athletic progress, the Tarahumara are believed to be the descendants of the Mongolian culture. These endurance runners have lived for generations brewing beverages from corn. The Tarahumara of Northern Mexico, of all the world cultures with the history of running, probably best deserve the top locations for their achievement in the Ultra running realm.
They use eagles to hunt foxes, marmots and wolves and wear furs of the prey they catch. The boys of the Tribe start hunting at the age of 13 when they can prove they can carry the weight of a golden Eagle. Semi-nomadic, they have been moving around the Altai Mountains since the 19th Century .The now number around 100,000 people but there are only around 250 Eagle Hunters left. With young men being drawn away, females are starting to break into this masculine dominant activity to keep it alive.
Consisting of an ethnic group that spawned from the aboriginal Qiang tribe, Tibetans are renowned for their esoteric practices. This involves spirit traps, prayer flags and festival devil dances. Animal husbandry is the main occupation in Tibet where there are vast expanses of Grassland and rich sources of water.
These covered men below are not aiming for the perfect complexion! They slap on the brown stuff because they believe it makes them look like spirits and terrifies other indigenous groups in the area. One of the many groups scattered all over the millennium. They are isolated by harsh terrain-they were discovered only around 75 years ago
At a time when man has set foot on mars, a tribe in India still lives in tree-houses! The Jenu Kuruba. Some of the them also built thatched huts on the ground close to their tree houses for their women. But it seems to make more sense to continue living on trees as it protects them from marauding elephants. The tree houses double as watch towers for the men to alert the women about the movement of elephants. These are quite similar to Korowai tribe of our Indonesia who also live on tress!
Recently, after the news of 26-year-old American John Allen Chua’s death at the hands of the Sentinalese tribe in the Andaman Islands, there are many questions about the tribe, and why they behave with outsiders the way they do. It is considered to be the world’s most isolated tribe, for they continue to resist all contact with the outside world and other civilisation.Thus, not much is known about their culture and living.