Mbuti Pygmies in Epulu, Congo

Mbuti Pygmies in Epulu, Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Ituri province, Eastern Congo. Also known as the forest people, the Pygmies have an intricate knowledge of their natural surroundings. Filmed by WildlifeDirect in March 2007. For more information go to www.wildlifedirect.org/okapireserve

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• okapi
• drc
• congo
• reserve
• ituri
• wildlifedirect
• gic
• iccn
• wildlife
• conservation
• mbuti
• pygmies
• pygmees

[averynb1218]

Doesn't it strike anyone as odd that an organization called "WildlifeDirect" filmed this?

[joliesmeralda]

so nice gathering sitting together while pouring rain...^_^

[zoeymegmeg]

I like how chill everyone is. Tiny huts and just walking around with a towel or blanket 'cause it's raining. It's just so simple. Doesn't anyone else find that interesting?

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

@SuckaFreeSoliloquy holy shit

what did the UN do?? nothing I bet or even better they sent a letter telling the rebel groups to stop eating the pygmies and telling the rebels how angry the UN is at them

[SuckaFreeSoliloquy]

@tHeWasTeDYouTh

quoted from Wikipedia:

"In 2003, Sinafasi Makelo, a representative of Mbuti Pygmies, told the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues that during the Congo Civil War, his people were hunted down and eaten as though they were game animals. Both sides of the war regarded them as "subhuman" and some say their flesh can confer magical powers. Makelo asked the UN Security Council to recognize cannibalism as a crime against humanity and an act of genocide.[1][2]"

geeeeez

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

@nem700 Jesus fucking Christ

where the fuck is the U.N, LOL man this world is fucked

[nem700]

@tHeWasTeDYouTh

their flesh and blood has magic power. Don't you know?

[Bigviking556]

so.....there are black hobbits?

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

I was reading the Pygmies are hunted down and EATEN by the rebel groups in Congo

is that true, it is insane

anyone help me out on this??

[SUlAkHA1]

@bass109 don't lie to them.