The Tribal Tales

The Asmat Tribe and Their Cannibalism Photo by Edi Wibowo on Wikipedia There is still a sizable tribe in Indonesia's uncharted regions that engages in cannibalism for ritual and ceremonies. Twelve sub-ethnic groups make up the Asmat tribe, which has a total population of about 65,000. The men in this cannibalistic tribe frequently hunt and murder their foes and consume their heads as part of ceremonies. Additionally, the skull is split in half and used as bowls. The head has been made for the community by having the skin peeled off of it and baking it. They use the jaw and spine fragments of the humans they have killed as jewels to adorn their bodies as a sign of their manhood. Asmat tribal members are reputed to be very devout, which explains why they engage in such ludicrous rites. They liken the man to a tree and refer to his head as fruit. The Asmat tribe is said to kill human adversaries in order to demonstrate their sexual prowess or kinship. They also think that after murder...

  Indonesia's Death Ritual or Ma'nene One of Indonesia's largest i slands, Sulawesi, is home to the Toraja people, who are renowned for their complex funeral rites that involve both exhuming and preserving the deceased. Every three or five years in August, a rite known as Ma'nene entails exhuming the corpses of deceased family members, cleaning and redressing them, and lighting cigarettes in their mouths. They mummify the bodies of the dead and treat them as though they were still alive, providing them food, clothing, water, and tobacco. The ceremony, performed in August, is predicated on the idea that life continues after death. By exhuming, dressing, and bringing preserved bodies from a burial cave, Torajans honor spirits and make gifts. They hold the view that after being immortalized, spirits remain in the physical world until burial rites and then depart for spirit land. In order to conserve money for a lavish funeral, families store the remains. Ma'nene tradit...

Mingi Practices Indigenous Omo communities in the Omo River basin are known for their cultural purity and adherence to ancestral practices. The Hamar, Muris/Suri, gladiatorial stick fighting, and Kara tribes all retained surprising practices. People from educated tribes and other communities around the world criticize long-standing practises as bull leaping, and the slaughter of Mingi babies. In Omo tribes like the Hamar, Bana, and Kara, Mingi, or ritual impureness, is a social control ceremony that entails forcing people to adhere to traditional customs and norms. Negative outcomes, such as disrespect or taboos, lead to mingi being referred to as survival threats and necessitating ritual annulment or burial. Children of unmarried couples who were born Mingi have upper teeth that erupt before lower teeth, men lose their penis, and women lose their breasts. They also have no ritual preparation. They are regarded as malevolent and abandoned in the forest. In isolated Hamar and Bana trib...

Ancient Tribal Society and Culture of India: Santal   Pictures: Collected      July 14, 2023.      Art & Culture A t one time the people of the Austric language group were spread as far north as Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. Broad nose and thin, dark complexion with wavy hair was their constitution. This group migrated to Australia approximately twenty-five to thirty years ago. The rulers of that Austric clan are now known as Santal clans. After the defeat of the santal rebellion in 1855, they were scattered again. Spread in Bengal, Tripura and Orissa. According to a 2001 estimate, the total number of Santals in Bangladesh is 1,57,698. Currently, this number is believed to have crossed 2 lakhs. On June 30, 1855, a sudden fire broke out in the soil of Birbhum against the oppression of British rule, landlords and indigo farmers. The British regime shook even when faced with modern guns and cannons with native weapons. With the...