Himba Village - Namibia

Making friends through gum.

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[chocolatbuny]

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I was going to say this video was so cute and the little boy was cute with the cutest laugh, BUT you aren't supposed to give them candy! I was just reading about the himba and it was saying how bad it is for the tourists to give the kids treats because its not a part of their diet, plus sugar is very addicting or w/e, but its bad. I guess its done though. I just heard that it was not a good thing to do.

But they were still cute, I would love to visit them one day :)

[bastarr1]

We gave them sugar free gum.

[liquidhot9]

Its just ignorance but tourists should understand their teeth are WHITE and STRAIGHT

[omaregb]

tits

[SalmataGirl]

@chocolatbuny Introducing modernized "goods" & processed "food" to indigenous communities hurts more than it helps (like plastic goods, batteries, coca-cola, or McDonald's). It creates a bunch of trash, pollution, bad health, bad economy, and greed. Most of the "advanced" world is artificial & materialistic, & the only way to make life "easier" is to make things more complex/technological. Modern weapons & machinery brought into Africa by outsiders brings ruin to the continent. Bring your love!

[SDSOverfiend]

Making friends thru Gum? With All due respect thats wrong. Its always a White man altering civilazations... These people are some the smartest people in the world. I was watching a tv show called bizarre foods and he visited they village. I found them to be Smart and interesting.

[misssafaritv]

@bastarr1 DO NOT INTRODUCE ANYTHING FOREIGN TO THEM like sweets and coke etc

[misssafaritv]

@chocolatbuny You are so right, tourist think they are doing then a nice gesture by giving them sweets, when it rotts their teeth etc., people need to be responsible tourists not be ignorant, DO NOT INTRODUCE ANYTHING FOREIGN TO THEM like sweets and coke etc, Without researching if it is beneficial or harmful to their diet. even in the west we know sweets and coke result in hyper active kids. Why don’t tourist eat their (the Himbas) food if they want to share with them?

[FilthyRichPrick1]

They are happy coz have no idea what the hell is going on outside of their small village ..you'd be happy too if cut yourself off from fucked up civilization and stop comparing to pretentious cocksuckers you see on TV or neighborhood.. btw, 1:00 and those are the best African tits I ever seen ;)

[TheBiggestWolf]

@worras2007

It's not just money or materialistic gain. Africa is a very rich continent with many minerals and ores just like Europe, but these people have failed to lift up their society from the shitholes and shambles that they are in. It's absolutely horrible, but it's true. You say material like it's a bad thing.

[worras2007]

@TheBiggestWolf > Well, shithole or not, I wanna see it with my OWN eyes. Maybe people are very poor there from the material point, but they seem to be rich in soul...There are things money CANNOT buy, man...

[TheBiggestWolf]

@worras2007

Huh? It's a shithole.