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Bow hunting equipment of the Datoga tribe
Datoga people are spread over a wide area on the Masai steppe in Northern Tanzania.…
Hadzabe Axes
Hadzabe axes are part of the standard outfit of every Hadzabe man living in remote…
Hadza hand drill friction fire
Hadza hand drill friction fires are the standard fire-making method of the Hadzabe people in…
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Hadza hand drill friction fire
Hadza hand drill friction fires are the standard fire-making method of the Hadzabe people in Tanzania, who live remotely. They…
Hadza water sources
The Hadzabe (plural of Hadza) natural environments are the escarpments and rocky, wooded hills that form the watersheds for Lake…
Sweat Bees – not a danger, but a nuisance
Correctly named Sweat Bees are Halictid Bees, an extensive and diverse family of bees. These small—to medium-sized bees are often…
Stingless bee honey collected by Hadza people
The Hadzabe people eagerly collect stingless bee honey all year long. They do this destructively by cutting open the hives…
Bottom fish traps of the Urak Lawoi people
The following information was gathered from a Urak Lawoi man who has lived in the Rawai Beach Sea-Gypsy Village for…
Hadza style of shooting bows
Shooting bows by remotely living Hadza boys and men is a daily, necessary affair. From the age of three, they…
Baobab seeds and pulp porridge
Baobab seeds and vine roots are staple foods for remotely living Hadza in Tanzania. This article already presented the collection…
Harvesting Shipworms in a Thai Mangrove Forest
Edible shipworms, in this case Bactronophorus thoracites, are also known as Naked clams, Priyang talay (เพรียงทะเล), and various other common…
Traditional Hadza camps and huts
Traditional Hadza camps are loose affiliations of relatives, in-laws, and friends. Each camp has a few core members, but most…
Determining cardinal points by trees
Determining cardinal points by trees in Southern African savannas (Southern Hemisphere) is a standard procedure. It is helpful in case…
Climbing a Baobab tree
A Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is characteristic of African Savannah biomes. In Tanzania, the Hadza people in the mountainous southern…
Bow hunting equipment of the Datoga tribe
Datoga people are spread over a wide area on the Masai steppe in Northern Tanzania. Their main stronghold is around…
White Ginger Lily for cleaning hands
White Ginger Lily (Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig) belongs to the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) botanical family. Mentawai people use the crushed stem…
Red-tailed pipe snake
The ‘Red-tailed pipe snake’ (Cylindrophis ruffus) was recently renamed ‘Jodi’s pipe snake’ (Cylindrophis jodiae), which we are talking about here.…
