Indonesia - Back in time with the Mentawai tribes of Sumatra
Siberut is a small island south of Sumatra in the Mentawai archipelag. Even though it’s very close to busy Sumatra, life there stayed very traditional and the Mentawai people lives the same way like their used to live thousand years ago.
Mentawai people have their own language, culture and religion. They are good at making ships, excellent hunters, but they are not good farmers. The only traditional diet is sago, which they extracting from sago palm trees. Men are wearing loincloth made from skin of breadfruit tree. Women wear traditional skirts from palm leaves. Part of their traditional wearing is tattoo which is common for both men and women. They have long hairs and decorating themselves with wild flowers. Women are sharpening their teeth to be more beautiful.
Dec 27, 2008
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