Stick fighting festival - Tribe - BBC

Bruce Parry has second thoughts about taking part in an intimidating stick display when he learns that body parts are often lost during the festival. Fascinating documentary series on BBC Worldwide

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[Andreazor]

They beat the shit out of each other with sticks for fun. What are we doing? Oh yeah we get wasted and act like idiots.

[cayapo]

THEY SHOOT A LOT

[OSAMABINLADEN577]

How the hell do they get ammo for the AK-47s if they live in such a remote area?

[Twattoo666]

2:39 Dr zoidberg :)

[jeaniehopkirk2]

@bobkelso4245 well these negroes certainly live in ignorance...no wonder there was stabbing at the boxing day sales!!

[bobkelso4245]

@jeaniehopkirk2 Ignorance is bliss isn't it?

[jeaniehopkirk2]

jesus christ naked men running around with ak47s hitting each other with sticks!! and we wonder why these countries have famine..i wouldnt give them a damm penny!! they can starve for all i care

[jeaniehopkirk2]

i like bruce parry..but he was allowing these people to spit blood on him..i mean,"hello"!!! HIV....typhus TB!!!....i mean why the hell would he allow them to spit on them..i wouldnt even take a cup of tea off them!! immersing ones self in the culture is one thing,but laying yourself wide open to incurable diseases is another

[TheOneOfManyMore]

@goodnamestaken Well put. I mean most people on our side of the world (I'm in Canada) get peeved when they run out of milk and have to go start the car so they can drive 3 blocks and buy more. It's an entirely diffrent mentality, produced by an entirely different society. We get upset when we don't have something we're accustomed to having, whereas they are accustomed to having nothing, and so everything they DO get makes them happy, no matter how small or insignificant we think it is.

[goodnamestaken]

@callowaymotorcompany It was a hypothetical. And it's easy to berate society while you're sitting comfortably in your space-chair on your parent-funded macbook. "Out in the boonies" they have tons of disease. Their life expectency is likely half ours. Their lot in life isn't day-dreaming about a simpler life during your nonfat latte break, it's where the f am I going to get today's meal and how do I get these flies off my kid's eyes. Grow up and appreciate what you have.

[callowaymotorcompany]

@goodnamestaken A lot of that seems made up. Rival accuses you of witchcraft? Thats only happens in western countries or maybe one touched by the west. Primitive people also don't stone. They dont have our tech or government, but their pretty damn happy. Id rather "camp" with a large group of people then work most of my life away until im too old to have any fun. Out in the boonies where people like these are, they don't have disease and theres nothing to exploit, if they were even found.