The white girl was caught by a wild tribe of cannibals. Yali tribe - incorrigible cannibals

12.09.2020

7 countries where you can be eaten.

The guidebooks warn about the many dangers that can await travelers in a particular country. But no one warns about cannibalism. Surprise! Cannibalism is still practiced in some tribes such as India, Cambodia and West Africa. And here are 7 countries in which the tribes are still not averse to feasting on people.

Southeast Papua New Guinea

The Korowai tribe is one of the last on Earth to regularly feed on human flesh. They live along the river, and there have been cases when they slaughtered random tourists. And the healers considered warm brains a real delicacy.

Why do they eat people?When someone in the tribe dies for no apparent reason (illness or old age), they consider this to be the tricks of black magic and, in order to save others from harm, must eat the person.

Interesting fact: In 1961, Michael Rockefeller (son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller) disappeared while collecting artifacts about the tribe. His body was never found.

India

The North Indian Aghori Hindu sect eats volunteers who will bequeath their entrails. However, in 2005, Indian TV people investigated and learned that they also eat decomposing corpses from the Ganges (a local tradition), as well as steal organs from crematoria.

Why do they eat people?

Aghoris believe that this prevents aging of the body.

Interesting fact:They make really good jewelry from human bones and skulls.

Fiji

Formerly known as Cannibal Island. Until now, the locals cannot put things in order, and there are still those who eat human flesh, but not all, but only the enemy tribes.

Why do they eat people?This is a ritual of revenge.

Interesting fact: Fijian cannibals are not animals at all - they eat with cutlery and collect rare items left over from victims. At the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, you can find examples of such collections.

Brazil

The Vari tribe ate the pious and religious dead until 1960, and after that, some state missionaries massacred almost the entire tribe. Yet the poverty rate in Olinda's slums has been prohibitively high since 1994, and cannibalism is still occurring.

Why do they eat people?Poverty and Hunger.

Interesting fact: In 2012, there was information from researchers who interviewed local residents, and they claimed to hear voices that tell them to kill this or that person.

West Africa

The Leopard Society of Active Cannibals has eaten people since the last century. Until the 1980s, human remains were found in the vicinity of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. The tribe is usually dressed in leopard skins and armed with their fangs.

Why do they eat people?The tribe believes that eating people makes them stronger and faster.

Interesting fact: They have followers - the Human Alligator community, which does this.

Cambodia

The journalist Neil Davis reported that cannibalism in these regions gained momentum during the wars in Southeast Asia (in the 1960s and 1970s). Nowadays, manifestations of cannibalism are occasionally observed.

Why do they eat people?The Cambodian troops had a ritual - there is the liver of the enemy.

Interesting fact: Many people in cities and villages were under the control of the Khmer Rouge organization, which strictly controlled all food in the district and artificially created famine in the country.

Congo

There are known cases of cannibalism in the Congo, and the latter were recorded not so long ago - in 2012. They reached their maximum during the Congolese Civil War (from 1998 to 2002).

Why do they eat people?During the war, rebel groups believed that enemies should be eaten, especially the heart, which was prepared using special herbs.

Interesting fact:Congolese people still believe that the human heart gives special strength, and if there are people, it will scare away enemies.

Enjoy your adventure! 🙂

Southeast Papua New Guinea

Interesting fact: In 1961, Michael Rockefeller (son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller) disappeared while collecting artifacts about the tribe. His body was never found.

India

Why do they eat people?

Aghoris believe that this prevents aging of the body.

Interesting fact:They make really good jewelry from human bones and skulls.

Fiji

Formerly known as Cannibal Island. Until now, the locals cannot put things in order, and there are still those who eat human flesh, but not all, but only the enemy tribes.

Why do they eat people?This is a ritual of revenge.

Brazil

Why do they eat people?Poverty and Hunger.

Interesting fact: In 2012, there was information from researchers who interviewed local residents, and they claimed to hear voices that tell them to kill this or that person.

West Africa

The Leopard Society of Active Cannibals has eaten people since the last century. Until the 1980s, human remains were found in the vicinity of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire.The tribe is usually dressed in the skins of leopards and armed with their fangs.

Why do they eat people?The tribe believes that eating people makes them stronger and faster.

Interesting fact: They have followers - the Human Alligator community, which does this.

Cambodia

Why do they eat people?The Cambodian troops had a ritual - there is the liver of the enemy.

Congo

There are known cases of cannibalism in the Congo, and the latter were recorded not so long ago - in 2012. They reached their maximum during the Congolese Civil War (from 1998 to 2002).

Why do they eat people?During the war, rebel groups believed that enemies should be eaten, especially the heart, which was prepared using special herbs.

Interesting fact:Congolese people still believe that the human heart gives special strength, and if there are people, it will scare away enemies.

Enjoy your adventure! :)

At an altitude of 5000 meters in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, the Yali tribe lives, whose number reaches about 20 thousand people. This tribe is notorious for its staunch adherence to cannibalism and its savagery. True, lately the yali seem to have taken the path of correction, but they have stopped eating only white people, a person with a different skin color may well become a festive snack ...

Whites are no longer eaten

Biting the flesh of the enemy in this tribe has always been considered a great valor: they believed that by eating their enemy, the warrior gets his strength, dexterity, cunning and intelligence. The process of transferring the merits of the enemy was especially successful if the killer knew his name. That is why travelers and tourists are strongly advised not to give their name when visiting the Yali territory. The one who called the name becomes doubly attractive to the cannibal.

Of course, now manifestations of cannibalism have become rare, missionaries and government officials have made a lot of efforts to eradicate this terrible custom. Yali decided not to eat white people anymore: not only did white color they associate it with death, so they also took seriously the teaching about Christ. But the Japanese journalist, who had recently disappeared in the jungle on the lands of the yali, did not seem to be spared. Veterans from the tribe's cannibal past still recall with nostalgia the recipes for cooking a slain enemy.

According to them, the real delicacy is the human buttocks. Let's hope that they will never come across a beauty with a silicone heel, because the savages simply cannot bear their hearts from this ... However, this is already from the field of black humor.

Until now, only real travelers - extreme people dare to visit the territory of residence of this tribe, because there are rumors that the Yali periodically remember their cannibal habits. They justify their "faults" by the fact that they did not kill anyone, but ate the dead. They explain the disappearance of people in their area by accidents - they drowned in turbulent rivers, fell into the abyss and the like.

Many people think that such explanations should not be particularly trusted, and in a matter of decades it is very difficult to eradicate habits that are thousands of years old.

The Indonesian authorities, of course, are not only trying to completely eradicate manifestations of cannibalism in the yali, but also to introduce them to civilization. To this end, the government at one time suggested that everyone should move to the valley, they were promised construction materials, a piece of land, a supply of rice, and even on free TV to every house. The Yali took this idea without enthusiasm, and when 18 of the first 300 settlers died of malaria, they began to refuse to leave their native jungle. In addition, they complained about rotten houses and the sterility of the allocated areas.

In the end, the program was canceled, and the yali remained to live in the land of their ancestors.

Cover for manhood

Now, as in the past decades, missionaries remain the main force that brings yali to civilization. They bring medicine to the savages, teach and treat their children, build bridges and even small hydroelectric power stations, prepare landing sites for helicopters. All this greatly facilitates the life of the tribe, which, while retaining its identity, nevertheless becomes more and more civilized every day. However, those who nevertheless ventured to visit the yali and observe the Papuans in all their primeval glory are unlikely to remain disappointed.

Yali are still sported in their traditional attire. The women are almost naked, wearing only small skirts made of vegetable fibers. The "outfit" of men is much more curious, they do not have loincloths, only in the causal place is a special case called halim, which they make from dried bottle gourd. It is curious that the process of making halim is quite complicated and was clearly developed in time immemorial.

While the pumpkin is growing, stones are tied to it, they are tied with thin vines, all this is done to obtain the most elongated and bizarre shape. Dried pumpkin is decorated with shells and feathers; local fashionistas have several of these cases. On holidays and especially solemn days, the strong half of the tribe uses longer halima, in which the warriors even manage to store tobacco.

The main thing in the house is the pig

Various jewelry is very popular among both women and men, mainly beads and shells. The Yali tribe has quite curious notions of beauty, there are numerous mentions that local beauties have two front teeth knocked out to make them as attractive as possible. Yali men are real fashionistas: in addition to intricate halims, they adorn themselves with other bells and whistles.

Here is what our traveler Valery Kemenov writes about this: “Yali men wear much more different jewelry than women. They insert boar tusks into their noses, wear various medallions and woven hats. Previously, they were made from natural fibers, but with the advent of civilization, the Papuans began to buy nylon threads at the bazaar. "

You shouldn't think that yalis have always got food only by hunting and gathering; there are pigs, chickens and even possums in their household. In addition, they are quite successful in farming, growing yams (sweet potatoes), bananas, taro rhizomes, corn and tobacco. Like many neighboring tribes, pigs are of particular value on the farm. Here you can buy a wife for a good fat pig, and because of a stolen pig, an armed conflict may well break out between tribes, even with a cannibal component.

Cooking takes place right on the ground, on a few hot stones. If there is a joint meal of friendly clans, the most tasty morsels are distributed according to the status of the guests present. In such cases, it is customary to exchange gifts, all this strengthens inter-tribal relations, both economically and militarily.

Hooked on dry vermicelli

Yali remained largely indifferent to modern products; however, they are thoroughly addicted to dry noodles "Mivina". They acquire it in the town of Wamena, closest to their lands. Some yali, alas, are addicted to "fiery water" and gradually get drunk. You have to walk three days to Wamena, but this does not stop the Papuans, who are eager for the benefits of civilization. In addition to vermicelli at the city market, they buy knives, shovels, machetes, mugs, pots, pots and pans. To raise money for the tools and things they need, the yalis sell the sweet potatoes and corn they grow, as well as their various crafts that are popular with tourists.

Although civilization is getting closer and closer to the isolated world of yali, the tribe still manages to preserve its identity. All Papuans go to the local shaman for amulets and medicinal broths, the dead warriors are smoked, and their mummies are put in the men's house, where access to outsiders is strictly prohibited. From early morning until late at night, women work in the gardens, look after children and pets, and prepare food. Men go hunting, clear areas of the jungle for new vegetable gardens, make cattle pens and fences around vegetable gardens. In the evening, fed by women, they sit by the fire, smoke and exchange impressions of the day. Yali believe that the spirits of their ancestors will surely protect them from all future misfortunes and adversities; maybe it will be so?

The Yali tribe lives in New Guinea - these are the most terrible cannibals of our time. A wild and incredibly dangerous group of people numbers twenty thousand people. Cannibalism for them is an absolutely common and common thing, and eating your enemy is considered the highest peak of valor, because the fittest survives. The leader of the terrifying tribe believes that eating human flesh is a mystical ritual, during which you can get extraordinary power.

Of course, the government of New Guinea is dissatisfied with such, to put it mildly, inhumane predilections of the tribe and is trying in every possible way to eradicate the tradition. The number of cases of cannibalism dropped significantly after the Yali converted to Christianity, but it did not completely get rid of it. Experienced warriors of the tribe will easily share with you the recipes for "exotic" cooking. It is believed that the most delicious dishes from the enemy's buttocks are a real delicacy! Surprisingly, the Yali sincerely believe that in this way they join the spiritual.

Recently, an interesting trend in the faith of the tribe has become that with the way Christ appeared in their lives, Yali refused to eat white-skinned people. If you have fair skin color, feel free to visit this hospitable place. Since ancient times of colonization, the everyday life of the people has absolutely not changed at all. They still walk practically naked, covering "interesting" places with leaves.

Yali are very fond of jewelry, especially beads. They are made mainly from shells. The most attractive ladies can be easily distinguished from others, they have no front teeth, they are knocked out on purpose. Such a concept of beauty, isn't it?

The men are hunting. This is their main, and by the way, favorite pastime. Sometimes some families have chickens or pigs, but they are not as tasty as human flesh. A local popular drug is battel nut pulp. Because of him, all the inhabitants of the tribe have red teeth.

Yali love holidays; they celebrate various events by gathering in several clans, eating and giving each other gifts. If you want to please them, give the children some bright clothes, for example, a shirt. Whatever it was, at first glance they are very nice people, in reality they are uncompromising and cruel. Only the most fearless person with a completely absent instinct for self-preservation can go to those lands. So, if you don't want to turn into a delicious lunch, you should think a few times before deciding on such a trip.

The last cannibals are known to inhabit Papua New Guinea. Here they still live according to the rules adopted 5 thousand years ago: men go naked, and women cut off their fingers. There are only three tribes still engaged in cannibalism, these are Yali, Vanuatu and Karafai. Karafai (or tree people) are the most cruel tribe. They eat not only the warriors of foreign tribes, who have lost the locals or tourists, but also all their deceased relatives. They got the name “tree people” because of their houses, which are incredibly high (see the last 3 photos). The Vanuatu tribe is peaceful enough not to eat the photographer, they bring several pigs to the leader. Yali are formidable warriors (Yali's photos begin with 9 photos). The phalanges of the fingers of a woman of the Yali tribe are cut off with a hatchet as a sign of mourning for a deceased or deceased relative.

The most important holiday of Yali is the holiday of death. Women and men paint their bodies in the form of a skeleton. On the holiday of death earlier, perhaps they do it now, they killed the shaman and the leader of the tribe ate his warm brain. This was done in order to satisfy Death and absorb the shaman's knowledge to the leader. Now Yali people are killed less often than usual, mainly if there was a crop failure or for some other "important" reasons.

Hungry cannibalism, preceded by murder, is regarded in psychiatry as a manifestation of the so-called hunger madness.

Also known is everyday cannibalism, not dictated by the need to survive and not provoked by hungry madness. IN jurisprudence such cases do not qualify as premeditated murder with particular cruelty.

With the exception of these less common cases, the word "cannibalism" often comes to mind, nevertheless, crazy ritual feasts, during which the victorious tribes devour the body parts of their enemies in order to gain their strength; or another known useful "application" of this phenomenon: the heirs thus deal with the bodies of their fathers in the godly hope that they will be reborn in the body of those who devoured their flesh.

The most "cannibal" strange modern world is Indonesia. There are two famous centers of mass cannibalism in this state - part of the island of New Guinea belonging to Indonesia and the island of Kalimantan (Borneo). The jungle of Kalimantan is inhabited by 7-8 million dayaks, famous skull hunters and cannibals.

The most tasty parts of the body are considered to be the head - tongue, cheeks, skin from the chin, the brain extracted through the nasal cavity or ear opening, meat from the thighs and calves, heart, palms. Women are the initiators of the crowded hikes for the skulls of the Dayaks.

The most recent surge of cannibalism in Borneo occurred at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, when the Indonesian government tried to organize the colonization of the interior of the island by civilized immigrants from Java and Madura. The unfortunate peasant settlers and the soldiers accompanying them were, for the most part, slaughtered and eaten. Until recently, cannibalism persisted on the island of Sumatra, where the Batak tribes ate criminals sentenced to death and incapacitated old people.

An important role in the almost complete elimination of cannibalism in Sumatra and some other islands was played by the activities of the "father of Indonesian independence" Sukarno and the military dictator Suharto. But even they could not improve the situation in Irian Jaya, Indonesian New Guinea, one iota. The Papuan ethnic groups living there, according to the testimony of missionaries, are obsessed with a passion for human meat and are distinguished by unprecedented cruelty.

They especially prefer the human liver with medicinal herbs, penises, noses, tongues, meat from the thighs, feet, breasts. In the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, in the independent state of Papua New Guinea, the facts of cannibalism are much less recorded.

However, here and there in the jungle they still live according to the rules adopted five thousand years ago - men walk naked, and women cut off their fingers.

There are only three tribes still engaged in cannibalism, these are Yali, Vanuatu and Karafai. The Karafai are the most cruel tribe. They eat not only the warriors of foreign tribes, who have lost the locals or tourists, but also all their deceased relatives ... ..