Bruce Parry - Tribe

[digitalfreefall]

The Tribe shows are always interesting. Although the people he visits are not always as isolated as the BBC would like you to believe, i remember one show of the last Tribe series where Parry was help at bay by a local with a rather large pointy stick before being allowed into the village, it was later explained that he was unsure of the white man as he had never seen one before, the very next day i watched another show with the very same local pointing his stick and shouting at another terrified "explorer" who told the same story about fear of the unknown white man. Its almost an industry to some of these Tribes.
Still rather Parry then me, did you notice the younger tribal mens eyes were a strange yellow colour, i think that is due to the weed they were chewing "Khat" makes them euphoric and increases stimulation basically making them tweak, i dont imagine it would take much to set them off, and killing a whitey can only help when on the pull in Ethiopia.

[Oz]

Good point Digi!

I spent a number of months learning bushcraft skills in the Australian outback as a school project with some quite remote Aboriginal communities and also after high school in some communities in Western Nepal for 4 months and there is a fine line between exporting there 'plight'(not that it isnt real) and moving into the 21st century along with the younger generations ( Bruce mentioned looking like a pillock whilst the the young 'warriors' wore shorts and t-shirts) something which ive seen first hand with young blokes attempting Gurkha selection( another story) and having to abide by local law and customs. Intresting point that Bruce mentioned that people all over the world will kill each other for beliefs and even the odd goat.

Forgive me if i went of on a different subject and for the bad spelling

Oz

[fubar84]

did you notice the younger tribal mens eyes were a strange yellow colour, i think that is due to the weed they were chewing

I think it would more likely be due to a glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, which is really common in under-developed countries. This causes the body to rapidly break down red blood cells which is known as Hemolytic Jaundice. As you probably already know Jaundice is normally the cause of yellow eyes.

[mfat_man]

Good point Digi!

I spent a number of months learning bushcraft skills in the Australian outback as a school project with some quite remote Aboriginal communities and also after high school in some communities in Western Nepal for 4 months and there is a fine line between exporting there 'plight'(not that it isnt real) and moving into the 21st century along with the younger generations ( Bruce mentioned looking like a pillock whilst the the young 'warriors' wore shorts and t-shirts) something which ive seen first hand with young blokes attempting Gurkha selection( another story) and having to abide by local law and customs. Intresting point that Bruce mentioned that people all over the world will kill each other for beliefs and even the odd goat.

Forgive me if i went of on a different subject and for the bad spelling

Oz

Oz

I love the outback, been to Kakadu twice and it's an amazing place
Well I have been to most of Oz but the country beats the city there any day of the week.

As far as Tribe is concerned, Ok it's TV and some of that is bound to be entertainment, but

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It dispels the myth that people from other countries are "savages".

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He goes b*lls out to do whatever the tribe want to show he is not afraid or will try something a bit different.

[ali_hire]

It dispels the myth that people from other countries are "savages".

True,

I admire the way in which the programme does this. He openly admits when on his way to their camp that it will be difficult to live and bond with the enemies of a tribe he made friends with a year ago and that it's difficult to visit them with an open mind considering the stories he has heard about them. But by the end of the show he has portrayed them in a very objective light.
Desperate people will take desperate action when needs must.