The Story Mbuti Tribes

Times, people, society and technology change and evolve but a tribe that has remained loyal to their roots and beliefs has been the Bambuti tribes. This African tribe is classified as pygmy hunters that live in the Congo region of Africa. This tribe is considered one of the oldest indigenous society in Africa. The Bambuti tribes are characetrized for being very solitary individuals and like to travel in small bands of 15 to 60 people. This small group is then divided into four different cultures which are the Efe, the Sua, the Mbuti and the Aka which is consideres the smallest group or divison. This people are caracterized for living under a very strict set of rules and traditions one of their strongests beliefs consists of family unit. Each house in a village holds a family unit. These houses are temprary due to the fact that Mbuti people are considered hunters and gathers so as dry season arrives they miggrate closer to the rain forest. The Mbuti tribes are self sustainable and famous for their wide range of variety in goods and food. Such an intresting tribe called the attention of the famous British anthropologist Collin Turnbull. Collin observed this tribes in their native area for long period of times and decided to change things up a bit when he took one of the few Mbuti translators with him on an expedition and was astonished by the small and restriced perception of the world the Mbuti posessed. This translator was in shock when he was able to view large areas of land without trees due to the fact that he was so acucustomed to an area filled with trees and restricted view or panaroma. The translator from the Mbuti was also surprised when he observed bulls running towards him and perceived their change in size. The translator was tricked by optical illusion. These were some of the small but significant discoveries Collin achieved troughout his extensive study of the Mbuti tribes. Collin helped modern society understand how these pymgies have such a small understanding of the modern and outside world they view something as common as optical illusion as magic.