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the indigenous people of africa
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deep in africa's rift valley in northern
tanzania
leave the hazdar community they live on
the edge of the serengeti plains in the
shadow of gorongoro crater
it is also close to olduvai gorge one of
the most important prehistoric sites in
the
world genetically like the bushmen of
southern africa
they are one of the oldest lineages of
humankind
the hasda are a hunter-gatherer
community
meaning they do not keep any livestock
or do not grow any crops
they rely on their hunting skills to
survive
although they are hunters their main
diet is primarily plant-based
but also consists of meat fat and honey
to get their meat they use handmade bows
and arrows which they use then to hunt
according to their traditions in the
beginning of time
the world was inhabited by hairy giants
called the african navy
or the fast ones the akaka navy did not
possess
tools or fire they hunted game by
running it down until it fell dead and
they ate the meat row
they did not build houses but slept
under trees
as they do today in the dry seasons
in older versions of this story fire was
not used because it was physically
impossible in the earth's primeval state
while yanga hazda who have gone to
school
say that the akaka navy simply did not
know how to make the fire
the hazardous speak a unique language
known as hasdani
which incorporates clicking and popping
sounds
the language is considered one of the
most important factors of distinguishing
who is who and who is not actually a
part of the hazdar
people in more recent years many of the
hazdar have learned ki swahili
the national language of tanzania as a
second language as it
is entirely a spoken language unesco
states that the language is vulnerable
because most children learn it but use
it
only in their restricted home life
the hazdar language was once classified
with the koisan language because
it has cliques however since it has no
evidence of them being related
hazard is now considered an isolated
language
are organized into bands or camps which
typically consists of 20-30 people
though camps of over 100 people may be
formed during the berry season
there is no tribal or other governing
hierarchy and almost all decisions are
made by reaching an agreement through
discussions
while the elderly people in the
community receive slightly more respect
all individuals are equal this results
in high levels of freedom and
self-dependency
when conflicts arise it is resolved by
one of the parties voluntarily moving to
another camp
the hasda are predominantly monogamous
though there is no social
enforcement of monogamy after marriage
the husband and wife are free to live
wherever they choose
that may be with the father or the
mother's family
a man becomes a true man also known as
an epeme
when he kills a large game animal
usually in his early twenties
being an ep comes with an advantage only
epema men are allowed to eat certain
parts of large animals
such as warthogs giraffes buffalos
wilderbeasts and lions
however if a man still has not killed a
large animal by his thirties
he will automatically be considered a
pemei and will be allowed to eat their
permanent
in addition to eating a femme meat the
fema men participate in an fme dance
this dance occurs every night when the
moon is invisible
and must occur in complete darkness
one man dances at a time wearing a black
cape
ostrich feather hair dress and bells
around his ankles
and the women watch the man will stamp
his feet to provide
a beat shake a guard and sing
after a few rounds of this performance
the women will then get up
sing and dance around the men
unfortunately in recent years the hazdar
territory has been
increasingly encroached from neighboring
people
the western hazdar lands are on a
private hunting reserve
and the hazdar are officially restricted
to a reservation within the reserve
they have lost between 75 and 90 percent
of their land over the past 50 years
i'm interested in hearing your thoughts
about today's video
what do you feel about the hazdar people
would you love to visit them and
experience first hand how it is to hunt
your own food
and live entirely off the sweat of your
hands
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