Indonesia
The Mentawai, the flower men tribe of Indonesia
The Mentawai is a tribe native to the Mentawai Islands, off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. This group is made up of about 64,000 individuals spread over different islands, highlighting the island of Siberut, northern Pagai and southern Pagai and the island of Sipura.
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The Yanomami tribe, defenders of the Amazonia in Venezuela
The Yanomami make up the largest relatively isolated indigenous people in South America, numbering 38,000. They live in the jungles and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. These two areas together form the largest jungle indigenous territory in the world. In Venezuela, the Yanomami live in the Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve.
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The Rashaida tribe, the most conservative tribe in Eritrea
Some 80,000 Rashaida or Bani Rashids live along the desert coast of Eritrea. They are dedicated to the grazing and commercialization of dromedaries, as well as to the general trade with Arab countries. The Rashaida tribe arrived on the coasts of Eritrea and Sudan a century ago from Saudi Arabia. The reason for their displacement was tribal wars and the Ottoman pressure.
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The Batwa tribe, the oldest in Uganda
The Batwa or Twa tribe lives in the jungle hills between Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the D.R. of the Congo. Until the 1960s, most Batwas lived by gathering and hunting. Population pressure exerted by the different Bantu ethnic groups, who live in this fertile region of Central Africa, has marginalized the Batwa to remote areas with few resources and has forced them to change their lives almost completely.
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The Pokot of Kenya, the Lake Baringo tribe
The Pokot are a semi-nomadic tribe living near Lake Baringo in Kenya. The decorative arts, and especially body decoration, are highly prized among the Pokot. Most of the Pokot still follow their traditional religion. Ceremonies mark transitions in the social life of the Pokot. The most important is the rite of passage of circumcision for boys and clitoridectomy for girls.
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The Yoruba people, the most powerful ethnic group in the Gulf of Guinea
The Yoruba people stand as the dominant ethnic group in the Gulf of Guinea with more than 44 million people, as well as one of the most prominent in Africa. His homeland is in southwestern Nigeria, which is the epicenter of Yoruba culture, and in the adjacent parts of Benin and Togo. This region is known as Yorubaland.
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