Isolated Tribe Photographed by Plane in Brazil

[The Vault Dweller]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7426794.stm

The photos were taken during several flights over one of the most remote parts of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Acre region.

They show tribe members outside thatched huts, surrounded by the dense jungle, pointing bows and arrows up at the camera.

"We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist," the group quoted Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, an official in the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department, as saying.

"This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence."

He described the threats to such tribes and their land as "a monumental crime against the natural world" and "further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilised' ones, treat the world".

Disease is also a risk, as members of tribal groups that have been contacted in the past have died of illnesses that they have no defence against, ranging from chicken pox to the common cold.

How amazing that in this day and age there are people who have no knowledge of the world outside the junlge let alone in other nations or environments. I wonder what they would do if you put them in a car and drove them through a dense urban area at night?

Also I thank someone else for pointing this out;

The Tribe

Diablo 2

No, but seriously these people are not random creeps to be killed for experience and loot. In fact just meeting them would cause them to die from multiple diseases they have no resistance to. As such there would be no chance to integrate them into any society so for the sake of their lives and the debatable sake of keeping their culture unspoiled they should be left alone.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

*EDIT*

Thanks to twinkiegorilla for pointing out that I somehow skipped the "not" in a sentence and it said something very different and very wrong.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

No, but seriously these people are random creeps to be killed for experience and loot.

meh. i bet all you'd get is a crummy spear and a leather hide.

 

[The Vault Dweller]

OH F***!

I could have sworn I wrote "These people are not random creeps to be killed for experience and loot". How in the world did I make that mistake? I hope it's not a subconscious desire. If it is though...I blame it on years of playing dungeon crawling adventure games where you do as such all the time with no consequences.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[horse]

nuke them from the orbit.

its the only way to be sure.

uh, and edit:

How amazing that in this day and age there are people who have no knowledge of the world outside the junlge let alone in other nations or environments.

...

 

[Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude]

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with those colors? Gold, BLACK-BLACK, Orange, Red?


I wonder what they were thinking when the plane was flying overhead...

 

[McRae]

Don't you see what happens with those tribes :


*all the tribal guys are watching The extreme sports channel thanks to the cable...and they suddenly hear a plane arriving*


Tribe chief : C'mon, those National Geographic idiots are coming. Get the satellite dish in. And don't forget what I told you yesterday... what did I say yesterday?

Tribe member : You said that we must look stupid; and also that when we speak, we musn't use our words correctly...

Tribe chief : exactly. Repeat after me : "Me want shiny rocks".


*everybody's laughing*

 

[radnan]

wow nice article

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with those colors? Gold, BLACK-BLACK, Orange, Red?

skin-dye maybe ?

I wonder what they were thinking when the plane was flying overhead...

if judging by this picture - scared, threatened - bows at the ready and aiming for the sky. or maybe they thought that was the fattest bird they've ever seen

quotes from the pictures in the article:

The first flight had an obvious impact on the tribe. By the time the plane returned, most of the women and children had fled and those who remained had painted their bodies.

These images are all from a later pass by the plane. The men, painted red, brandished weapons and fired off some arrows at the aircraft. The person in black may be a woman.

 

[Loxley]

Well now that we know where the village is, we can go there to look for the temple and maybe get the suit. Anyone see hakuin there?

 

[Slaughter Manslaught]

No, but seriously these people are not random creeps to be killed for experience and loot.

Damn, I was thinking about getting me a plane so I could go there! It's not so... heeer, away, I live in Amazon, although I live in a civilized area, well, maybe I could get some stuff, a gun and go there to shoot at 'em! Wahoo, XP points for me!

 

[horse]

"Isolated Tribe Photographed by Submarine in Brazil"

would have been funnier anyway.

 

[Maphusio]

Neat! Thats a anthropologists dream come true. Monitoring them from orbit would be neat. That or somehow sneaking a camera inside a wondrous object that they would warship... like a crystal skull!

 

[Loxley]

Neat! Thats a anthropologists dream come true. Monitoring them from orbit would be neat. That or somehow sneaking a camera inside a wondrous object that they would warship... like a crystal skull!

Or a coke bottle.

 

[Blakut]

Man, it's like meeting people from another planet. Maybe they can throw cameras and microphones disguised as rocks, boulders and twigs. That way, scientists can learn their language and send infiltrators to blend with their culture and learn even more about them.

 

[Wooz]

Or a coke bottle.

Ahahah. That has to be one of the greatest movies ever done.

neaking a camera inside a wondrous object that they would warship

Let's save them the trouble altogether and drop the Potiomkin right smack on their village.

 

[Stag]

Was I the only one who saw tonight's/last night's Metalocalypse, and immediately thought about this?

 

[gunner of shi]

A little bit same as in game view~~

 

[Loxley]

Ahahah. That has to be one of the greatest movies ever done.

I thought so too, until I found out about how it allowed the apartheid regime to surpress the khoisan peoples into either reservations or military service. Still a fun movie however.

 

[generalissimofurioso]

Was I the only one who saw tonight's/last night's Metalocalypse, and immediately thought about this?

No.

I also found a hilarious connection between an animated comedy and real life.

I am also happy I live in a country where I don't have to fear parasites lodging themselves in my various orifices...

 

[Ah-Teen]

Was I the only one who saw tonight's/last night's Metalocalypse, and immediately thought about this?

No.

I also found a hilarious connection between an animated comedy and real life.

I am also happy I live in a country where I don't have to fear parasites lodging themselves in my various orifices...

You say that and are still hanging around NMA?

 

[generalissimofurioso]

Note to self: plug orifices around Ah-Teen