In the 21st century, it is difficult to believe that anyone is capable of cannibalism. For a long time now, guidebooks have not informed about dangers of this kind, although in fact they should. Some tribes abandon civilization and live by old rules, which include cannibalism.
South East Papua New Guinea
The Korowai tribe is one of the endangered tribes where they feed on human flesh. They live next to a river where tourists come. In 1961, the son of Governor Nelson Rockefeller disappeared there. This tribe believes that if a person dies due to illness, then the sorcerer Hakua devours him from the inside. In order to protect others from harm, they must repay the favor - eat the person who died due to the fault of Haqua.
Congo
Cannibalism in the Congo peaked during civil war(1998-2002) The rebels believed that the heart of enemies should be cooked with special herbs and eaten. They still believe that the heart gives a special power that scares away enemies. In 2012, an official case of cannibalism was recorded.
Fiji
If the first two settlements are not dangerous for tourists, then the one located on the island of Fiji should be avoided. Ancient traditions have been preserved on this island: tribes fight among themselves and eat only enemy people, considering this a ritual of revenge. The interesting thing is that they eat not like animals, but using cutlery. They also collect rare items left by victims.
Aghori sect, Varanasi
Varanasi is a city where the dead are burned on the Ganges River. At night, the Aghori religious sect comes to this river. They are smeared with cremation ashes, wear necklaces made of bones, and wear black, inconspicuous clothing. They need the dead to perform rituals. Sometimes they eat volunteers who donate their entrails. This is necessary in order to prevent aging of the body.
How many mysterious and unknown things the mysterious Africa hides within itself!
Its rich fabulous nature, amazing animal world and to this day are of great interest to scientists and excite the inquisitive minds of travelers. Inexplicable admiration, along with animal fear, is caused by the customs and morals of the local aborigines, belonging to the most diverse tribes that inhabit the black continent everywhere. Africa itself is quite contrasting, and behind the façade of the civilized world often hides the unprecedented savagery of the primitive communal system.
Wild Africa. Tribes of cannibals
One of the most mystical secrets of tropical Africa is, of course, cannibalism.
Cannibalism, that is, people eating their own kind, in many African tribes, constantly at odds with each other, was originally based on the belief in the miraculous effect of human blood and flesh on such qualities of warriors as courage, masculinity, heroism and bravery. Some tribes of cannibals widely used various potions made from burnt and powdered human hearts. It was believed that such a black ointment based on the resulting ash and human fat could strengthen the body and raise the spirit of a warrior before battle, as well as protect against enemy spells. The true scale of all kinds ritual murders unknown, all rituals, as a rule, were performed in deep secrecy.
Wild tribes. Reluctant cannibals
Cannibalism was in no way connected with the level of development of a particular Aboriginal tribe or with its moral principles. It was just that it was very widespread throughout the continent, there was an acute shortage of food, and besides, it was much easier to kill a person than to shoot a wild animal while hunting. Although there were tribes that specialized, for example, in cattle breeding, which had enough animal meat, they did not engage in cannibalism. At the beginning of the 20th century, in the territory of modern Zaire, there were huge slave markets where slaves were sold or exchanged for ivory exclusively for food. On them one could see slaves of different sexes and ages, these could even be women with babies in their arms, although men were in great demand for food, since women could be useful in the household.
Cruelty of morals
The cannibal tribes openly declared that they liked it because of its juiciness; fingers and toes, as well as female breasts, were considered a delicacy.
A special ritual was associated with eating the head. Only the most noble of the elders received the flesh torn from the head. The skull was carefully stored in special pots, in front of which rituals of sacrifice were subsequently performed and prayers were recited. Perhaps the most inhumane ritual among the natives was the ritual of tearing off pieces of human flesh from a still living victim, and some Nigerian tribes of cannibals, distinguished by their special, ferocious cruelty, used a pumpkin used as an enema to pour boiling palm oil into the throat or anus of the captive. . According to these cannibals, corpse meat that had lain for some time and was completely soaked in oil was much juicier and more tender in taste. In ancient times, food was mainly consumed from the flesh of foreigners, primarily captives. Nowadays, fellow tribesmen often become victims.
Tribes of cannibals. Creepy hospitality
Interestingly, according to the cannibal customs of hospitality, refusal to taste the delicacy offered to guests was perceived as a mortal insult and insult.
Therefore, without a doubt, in order not to be eaten and to move freely across the continent from tribe to tribe, as well as as a sign of friendship and respect, African travelers probably had to taste this food.
Indonesia
Perhaps the most cannibal-dangerous place on Earth is the jungle of the Indonesian part of the island. New Guinea(Irian Jaya) and the island of Kalimantan (Borneo). The jungles of the latter are inhabited by 7-8 million Dayaks, famous skull hunters and cannibals. The most delicious parts of their body are considered to be the head (tongue, cheeks, skin from the chin, brain removed through the nasal cavity or ear hole), meat from the thighs and calves, heart, palms. The initiators of crowded campaigns for skulls among the Dayaks are women.
At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, the Indonesian government tried to organize the colonization of the interior of the island by civilized people from Java and Madura. The unfortunate peasant settlers and the soldiers guarding them were slaughtered and eaten. This is the last significant outbreak of cannibalism in Borneo.
Dayak skull hunts are initiated by women
Great contribution to the elimination of cannibalism on the islands South-East Asia contributed by Sukarno, the “father of Indonesian independence,” and military dictator Suharto. But they also failed to greatly improve the situation in Irian Jaya (western New Guinea). The Papuan ethnic groups living there (Dugum-Dani, Kapauku, Marind-Anim, Asmat and others), according to missionaries, are not averse to eating people and are characterized by unprecedented cruelty. They especially like liver with herbs. However, penises, noses, tongues, meat from thighs will also come off.
But this is all on the western part of the island. What's in the eastern part? In an independent state Papua New Guinea There are far fewer cases of cannibalism than in Irian Jaya. Cannibals in this region can still be found on the islands of New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. If you're tired of taking risks, safe places are Australia and New Zealand (although there is Cannibal Bay there). Cannibalism will be eliminated there end of the 19th century century.
Africa
Cases of cannibalism in Africa are mainly associated with the activities of organizations such as Leopards and Alligators. Until the 80s, human remains were found in the vicinity of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. "Leopards" are usually dressed in leopard skins and armed with their fangs. Both "Leopards" and "Alligators" believe that eating people makes them faster and stronger.
"Leopards" believe that human flesh makes them stronger and faster
The movements are still common in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo, South Africa, and local tribes sometimes practice eating human flesh for ritual purposes. The Mau Mau movement in Kenya (1950–60s) stands apart, covering its sectarian, openly cannibalistic essence with ultranationalist, anti-European political slogans.
India
The history of human sacrifice is very long in India. What is most curious is that the culture of religious sacrifices reached its peak under the British rule. However, eating victims was common only in the northeast and south of India. Until the beginning of the 20th century, residents of the northeastern state of Assam made annual sacrifices to the mother goddess Kali: the boiled lungs of the victims were eaten by yogis, and the aristocracy was content with rice boiled in human blood. Ritual cannibalism in honor of the Earth god Tari Pennu was developed among the Gonds, a large South Indian people.
Aghoris do not disdain corpses from the Ganges
Even in the south of India, there still exists the Aghori sect, which spun off from Virashaivism. For ritual purposes, several thousand people eat raw decomposed corpses of people from the Ganges, as well as the corpses of domestic animals and the remains of burnt corpses. They do not disdain living ones - some specifically want to be eaten.
At the end of such a “positive” article, one only needs to quote Andrei Malakhov: “Take care of yourself and your loved ones.” And choose carefully where you are going to travel.
The Yali are the wildest and most dangerous tribe of cannibals in the 21st century, numbering more than 20,000 people. In their opinion, cannibalism is a common thing and there is nothing special about it; eating an enemy for them is valor, and not the most cruel way of reprisal. Their leader says that it is the same as a fish eats a fish, the one who is stronger wins. For the yali, this is to some extent a ritual, during which the power of the enemy he eats is transferred to the winner.
The government of New Guinea is trying to combat the inhumane addictions of its wild citizens. And their adoption of Christianity influenced their psychological perception - the number of cannibal feasts decreased significantly.
The most experienced warriors remember recipes for cooking dishes from their enemies. With imperturbable calm, one might even say with pleasure, they tell that the enemy’s buttocks are the most delicious part of a person, for them it is a true delicacy!
Even today, Yali residents believe that pieces of human flesh enrich them spiritually; eating the victim while pronouncing the name of the enemy gives special power. Therefore, when visiting the most terrible place on the planet, it is better not to tell the savages your name, so as not to provoke them into the ritual of eating you.
IN Lately The Yali tribe believes in the existence of the savior of all mankind - Christ, therefore they do not eat people with white skin. The reason for this is that White color Residents associate it with the color of death. However, recently an incident occurred - a Japanese correspondent disappeared in Irian Jaya as a result of strange events. They probably don’t consider people with yellow and black skin to be the servants of the old woman with the scythe.
Since colonization, the life of the tribe has remained virtually unchanged, as has the attire of these coal-black citizens of New Guinea. Yali women are almost completely naked; their daytime attire consists only of a skirt with plant fibers. Men, in turn, walk naked, covering their genital organs with a cover (halim), which is made from dried bottle gourd. According to them, the process of making clothes for men requires a lot of skill.
As the pumpkin grows, a weight in the form of a stone is tied to it, which is strengthened with threads of vines to give it an interesting shape. At the final stage of preparation, the pumpkin is decorated with feathers and shells. It is worth noting that the Halim also serves as a “wallet” in which men store roots and tobacco. The tribesmen also love jewelry made from shells and beads. But their perception of beauty is unique. For example, they knock out the front two teeth of local beauties in order to make them even more attractive.
The noble, favorite and only occupation of men is hunting. And yet in the villages of the tribe you can find livestock - chickens, pigs and possums, which are looked after by women. It also happens that several clans hold large-scale meals at once, where everyone has their place and is taken into account social status every savage in terms of food distribution. They do not drink alcoholic drinks, but they do consume the bright red pulp of the batel nut - for them it is a local drug, so tourists can often see them with a red mouth and blurred eyes...
During joint meals, clans exchange gifts. Although Yali cannot be called very hospitable people, they will accept gifts from guests with great pleasure. They especially appreciate bright shirts and shorts. The peculiarity is that they put the shorts on the head, and use the shirt as a skirt. This is because they do not contain soap, the result of which is that unwashed clothes can cause skin diseases over time.
Even taking into account the fact that the Yali have officially stopped fighting with neighboring tribes and eating victims, only the most “frostbitten” adventurers can go to these inhuman parts of the world. According to stories from this area, savages still sometimes allow themselves to carry out barbaric acts of eating the flesh of their enemies. But in order to justify their actions, they come up with different stories that the victim either drowned or fell to his death from a cliff.
The government of New Guinea has developed a powerful program for bodybuilding and improving the standard of living of the inhabitants of the island, including this tribe. According to the plan, the mountain tribes should move to the valley, while officials promised to give the settlers an adequate supply of rice and building materials, as well as a free TV in every home.
The citizens of the valley were forced to wear Western clothes in government buildings and schools. The government even took such measures as declaring the territory of the savages a national park where hunting is prohibited. Naturally, the Yali began to oppose the resettlement, since out of the first 300 people, 18 died, and this in the first month (from malaria).
An even greater disappointment for the surviving settlers was what they saw: they were given barren land and rotten houses. As a result, the government’s strategy collapsed and the settlers returned back to their beloved mountainous regions, where they still live, rejoicing in the “protection of the spirits of their ancestors.”
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Behind the palisade stood the houses of the residents, covered with thatch. The main building of the village was the marae - the Meeting House, which was the spiritual center. These houses were considered living beings. Their interior was called the belly, the beams were called the spine, and the mask above the roof ridge was the head. These houses were decorated with carvings depicting gods, leaders and events of the past. Near the marae the leaders were buried and held magical rituals and performed sacrifices. The latter were headed by a leader (arik), who performed the functions of the high priest. In general, the figure of the leader was sacred for the Maori; he was treated like a demigod. After death, the spirit of the deceased leader became a real object of veneration. The leader had a special mana, i.e. a power that is given to people from above, by spirits. The concept of taboo is inextricably linked with the figure of the leader.
Taboo is a concept that means something separated from others, sacred, which they have no right to encroach on. The figure of the leader is taboo for everyone, because he is a demigod. Moreover, everything that came into contact with the leader became taboo. For example, if the chief touched someone's property, it no longer belonged to its previous owners. The latter could lose their housing if the leader entered it. The leader could impose a taboo on fishing and then no one dared to catch it until the ban was lifted. Violation of the taboo entailed immediate and sometimes terrible death. The fear of him was so great that, at times, people died (!) only when they accidentally found out that they had unwittingly broken a taboo. “The taboo covers life... peoples in such a depressing form that from here comes a general oppression, which the priests and leaders knew how to skillfully use for political purposes.” The Maori also had priests, who were divided into two main classes: the first - the tohunga or official priest located at the sanctuary, and the second - the taura, simple fortune-tellers and sorcerers not associated with the sanctuary. After the leaders the priests played main role in the tribe. The Maori believed that after death the souls of leaders and priests, becoming deities or demigods, lived forever, but the souls ordinary people die forever. This unusual doctrine of immortality also reveals the unlimited power that the leaders and priests possessed. New Zealanders had a large pantheon of gods, the main of which were: Tangaroa (god of the sea), Tane (god of the sun), Rongo (god of the moon), Tu (god of war). The main thing in the worship of the gods was sacrifices.
The sinister feature of Maori sacrifices was their cannibalistic nature. Until the 18th century, the concept of cannibal peoples was perceived as nothing more than a fairy tale. However, when Europeans discovered New Zealand, they became convinced that cannibal peoples were not a myth, but a terrible reality, a terrible example of what deviation from the True God leads to. The first European to visit New Zealand was Abel Tasman, who landed on its shores on December 13, 1642. The boats he sent for reconnaissance were attacked by the Maoris, as a result of which four sailors were killed.
The next European to set foot on its shores was the Frenchman Jacques Surville (December 12, 1769), whose sailors also had a conflict with the aborigines. Almost simultaneously with Surville, it was visited by D. Cook, who stayed here for five months and left very valuable information about the aborigines, with whom he managed not to get involved in a conflict. He also wrote one of their first descriptions: “The inhabitants of this country are strong, thin, well-built, agile, usually above average height, especially men. Their skin is dark brown, their hair is black, their beards are thin and also black, their teeth are white. Those whose faces are not disfigured by tattoos have rather pleasant features. In men it is usually long hair, combed up and tied at the crown. Some women have their hair loose over their shoulders (especially older ones), others have it cut short... Locals, apparently, enjoy excellent health and longevity. Many old people and some middle-aged natives... tattoo their faces with black paint, but we saw several people with tattoos on other parts of the body: thighs, buttocks. Usually intertwined spirals are applied to the body, and the design is very subtle and beautiful... Women inject black paint under the skin on their lips. Both men and women sometimes paint their faces and bodies with red ocher mixed with fish oil... the food is not varied: fern roots, dog meat, fish, wild fowl are its main types, because yams, thaw and sweet potatoes are not grown here. Local residents prepare food in the same way as the natives of the islands of the southern seas: they fry dogs and large fish in holes dug in the ground, while small fish, poultry, and shellfish are boiled over a fire.”
Only on his second trip did Cook find out exactly what the main and favorite meal of the aborigines was. Description of Captain Cook's second voyage around the world in 1772-1775. left by one of its participants, the wonderful and thoughtful scientist Georg Forster. His book “A Voyage Around the World” is distinguished by deep analysis, truthfulness and objectivity, even when he writes about the clashes between the Aborigines and the British. Let us give the floor to Forster, one of the first Europeans to witness a cannibal meal: “In the afternoon, the captain, along with Mr. Walls and my father, decided to cross to Motu Aro to inspect the garden and collect plants for the ship. Several lieutenants meanwhile went to Indian Cove to trade with the natives. The first thing that caught their eye was human entrails, piled in a heap near the water. They had hardly recovered from this spectacle when the Indians showed them various parts of the body itself and explained by signs and words that the rest they had eaten. Among these remaining parts was the head; as far as one could judge from it, the murdered man was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old... 
While we were standing around looking at it, several New Zealanders approached us from the source. Seeing the head, they made it clear with signs that they would like to eat the meat and that it was very tasty... they did not eat the meat raw, but first decided to cook it right there in front of us; They fried it a little over the fire, after which they ate it with great appetite...
Philosophers who studied humanity from their study arrogantly claimed that, despite the information of the authors, cannibals never existed. Even among our companions there were several people who still doubted this, not wanting to believe the unanimous testimony of so many people... Now that we saw everything with our own eyes, there was not the slightest doubt about it.
Oparin A.A. In the kingdom of pygmies and cannibals. Archaeological study of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Part II. In the kingdom of pygmies and cannibals
