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Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by deltateam: 9:15am On Jun 02, 2020
IamMichael:
No be today men and women dem begin burn trees!
grin
What is that white man doing there?

Shebi you said they kill, antagonize, eat intruders?
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Judybash93(m): 9:19am On Jun 02, 2020
Techcrunchng:
we have been brainwashed for long though most doctrines are good to humanity but use your senses
Yeah. I kind of agree with you. People evolve in relation to their environment and that's why early European explorers were amazed at how fast people moved within the forests of Central Africa.The people didn't see anything special at how they could climb trees and moved through the forest because that was their way of life. The spiral walls built in Zimbabwe and Malawi were built in relation to what the people faced and everything served some kind of purpose. The sungbo erodu(I'm sure the spelling is wrong) also served it's own purpose in relation to the culture and evolution of the people. In relation to the brainwashing, yes, we've been brainwashed to believe that there's just one truth in relation to life instead of looking at how our own ancestors evolved within their various environments.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Judybash93(m): 9:19am On Jun 02, 2020
Techcrunchng:
we have been brainwashed for long though most doctrines are good to humanity but use your senses
Yeah. I kind of agree with you. People evolve in relation to their environment and that's why early European explorers were amazed at how fast people moved within the forests of Central Africa.The people didn't see anything special at how they could climb trees and moved through the forest because that was their way of life. The spiral walls built in Zimbabwe and Malawi were built in relation to what the people faced and everything served some kind of purpose. The sungbo erodu(I'm sure the spelling is wrong) also served it's own purpose in relation to the culture and evolution of the people. In relation to the brainwashing, yes, we've been brainwashed to believe that there's just one truth in relation to life instead of looking at how our own ancestors evolved within their various environments
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Judybash93(m): 9:22am On Jun 02, 2020
Enoch07:
omo mosquito go don use dem catch cruise. everybody naked o. wonderful!!
Funny enough, they might have enough resistance due to the number of years of being continuously ravaged by mosquitoes
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Judybash93(m): 9:27am On Jun 02, 2020
Openbusiness:
They built homes very high up on trees to avoid wild killer predators, hmmm, very smart move. Lions and tigers, bears and jaguars won't be waking them up from sleep
Those animals don't exist in Papua New Guinea.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Techcrunchng(m): 9:50am On Jun 02, 2020
Judybash93:
Yeah. I kind of agree with you. People evolve in relation to their environment and that's why early European explorers were amazed at how fast people moved within the forests of Central Africa.The people didn't see anything special at how they could climb trees and moved through the forest because that was their way of life. The spiral walls built in Zimbabwe and Malawi were built in relation to what the people faced and everything served some kind of purpose. The sungbo erodu(I'm sure the spelling is wrong) also served it's own purpose in relation to the culture and evolution of the people. In relation to the brainwashing, yes, we've been brainwashed to believe that there's just one truth in relation to life instead of looking at how our own ancestors evolved within their various environments.
You nailed it.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Oghenerobo2002(m): 10:11am On Jun 02, 2020
EVILFOREST:
So Invariably you are saying our Lord JESUS CHRIST is not the only way..?
I can tell u that its just a little percentage of the world population that have nit heard about Jesus Christ.
It will be really unjust to judge the few who have not been privileged to hear about him, using his own yard stick. But we all know that our Lord is not an unjust God.
Will the children of Israel of old be judged according to the law of Jesus? Will Solomon, Samson etc be judged according to Jesus law? The answer is No because they didn't know about the law or rather, they lived before the law. But they will still be judged won't they?
Same goes to the few who haven't heard about Jesus Christ in our world today. They can't be condemned because its not their fault, but its their duty to live right and do good. That's what they will be judged with.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by DAramis: 10:11am On Jun 02, 2020
This people are part of the people that westerners will see and conclude that all Africans lives on tree.

Civilization is based on so many form but theirs seems to be in its crudest form. I wish them success as the try to shed some of their customs and traditions that are not worth it just like Nigeria did few decades ago.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by womenareapes: 10:22am On Jun 02, 2020
IamMichael:
The Korowai people live in Southeastern Papua in the island of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world.

They were discovered in 1974.

The Korowai were unaware of the existence of any other people on earth other than themselves.

They live high above the ground on trees and practiced cannibalism, some reports state that they still practice ritual cannibalism .

Cannibalism

The Korowai practice cannibalistic rituals when someone is convicted of being a “khakhua”, which is a witch doctor. They believe Khakhua comes always disguised as a “friend or a relative” to the person khakhua wants to kills. These people believe that the khakhua eats the inside of the victim while the victim sleeps. The khakhua replaces the inside of the victim with ash, and then the victim don't have the ability to find out he is being eaten. He then shoots a magical arrow to the victim’s heart and kills him.

They believe that dying relatives always whisper the name of the khakhua before they pass on. The friends, family and members of the clan the dead victim belonged to would seize the person accused to be the khakhua, they would kill him/ her and eat the flesh.



Source: Quora
someone need to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to this people so that the world should end faster.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by IamMichael(op): 10:58am On Jun 02, 2020
DAramis:
This people are part of the people that westerners will see and conclude that all Africans lives on tree.

Civilization is based on so many form but theirs seems to be in its crudest form. I wish them success as the try to shed some of their customs and traditions that are not worth it just like Nigeria did few decades ago.

Papua New Guinea is not an African country.

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by IamMichael(op): 10:59am On Jun 02, 2020
womenareapes:
someone need to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to this people so that the world should end faster.
No!
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by aristocratic5(m): 11:09am On Jun 02, 2020
Na wa oooh
Dis kind people still dey?
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Kennyking1234: 11:33am On Jun 02, 2020
HotPoundedYam:
They were discovered in 1974.

The same way Mungo Park discovered River Niger wink

A river as big as river Niger
He didn't discover what people were aware of...
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Babacele: 12:05pm On Jun 02, 2020
wonderful! ....see long limbs .about 25 years ago ,some tribes too in Adamawa were so discovered or exposed by a Corp member. As at 1960s to mid 70s some folks in Ireland sleep in the same room with their pigs while average farmers in Nigeria owned houses,cars and other assets. At different times did we grow and are still growing.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by stylochime: 12:10pm On Jun 02, 2020
EVILFOREST:
The STRIKING THING is that, you may be shocked to see how happy and fulfilled they will be, the moment you approach them.

But the moment you introduce DEMOCRACY and a NEW RELIGION (a New God) ....you witness an endless anarchy.
Did you not read where it was written that they build these houses to protect themselves from other villages? Or the cannibalism part of the storyhuh Stop blaming human misfortune on religion and politics. Man's biggest enemy is himself.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by OkCornel(m): 12:19pm On Jun 02, 2020
Patiently waiting for religious zealots to explain the basis on which God will judge these people
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by okrikaboi: 12:37pm On Jun 02, 2020
IamMichael:
No be today men and women dem begin burn trees!
grin
God bless the herb
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by DAramis: 12:37pm On Jun 02, 2020
IamMichael:

Papua New Guinea is not an African country.

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
I am surprised that it in another continent. I thought it was the one called Guinea in Africa.

Thanks for the enlightenment. we learn everyday.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by IamMichael(op): 12:40pm On Jun 02, 2020
DAramis:
I am surprised that it in another continent. I thought it was the one called Guinea in Africa.

Thanks for the enlightenment. we learn everyday.
You are welcome.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by samilly(m): 12:41pm On Jun 02, 2020
Local man is flagabasted
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by IamMichael(op): 12:41pm On Jun 02, 2020
okrikaboi:
God bless the herb
Smiles.

Wonderful herb from nature. How they found it though! grin
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Nobody: 12:46pm On Jun 02, 2020
Enoch07:
omo mosquito go don use dem catch cruise. everybody naked o. wonderful!!
Not at that height
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by jamesbridget13(f): 1:18pm On Jun 02, 2020
Wonderful! This is a wow!
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by Mrshape: 2:21pm On Jun 02, 2020
Chommybaby:
I wonder that too....
And I also asked all these religious fanatics....

Will all these people who don't know Jesus Christ perish in hell too
As one of Jehovah's witnesses I believe they have hope as the Bible says they are going to be a resuration of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

These are the people under they category of unrighteous.
The only people going to be destroyed are the wicked people. Psalm 37:9,10,11

That is does who heard about God and refuse to change
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by alphaNomega: 3:33pm On Jun 02, 2020
HotPoundedYam:
They were discovered in 1974.

The same way Mungo Park discovered River Niger wink

A river as big as river Niger
Yes, they were discovered by the author.

This is how life was in many parts of Africa, especially Sub Saharan and Southern Africa, until the Europeans made contact. For them to have been found living like this even as recent as 1974 shows that Africans living in these regions I mentioned would have maintained their primitive lives.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by alphaNomega: 3:35pm On Jun 02, 2020
Wolgrace:
Discovered in 1974. This is 2020, are they civilised now?
Let's hope they agreed to be
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by alphaNomega: 3:40pm On Jun 02, 2020
engrchykae:
We that claimed to be civilized have one signature, DISCOVER AND DESTROY.
check the history of man,it's always discover,abuse, destroy
Looking at the pictures OP posted, would you prefer to live that kind of life? Or destroy it and build a better one?
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by dhardline(m): 3:42pm On Jun 02, 2020
Chommybaby:
I wonder that too....
And I also asked all these religious fanatics....

Will all these people who don't know Jesus Christ perish in hell too
Fortunately there is only one way to God and that is through Christ Jesus. Irrespective of how man may not want to accept this truth because man wants to be free to do as he wills, the truth still stands. If you read the story you'll see that this tribe believes in witch doctors, listen to hear the name of the person who killed a dying man(does that not sound absurd to you? When most people die they want to be close to their family hence might end up calli g the name of someone they really love. Think about how man would have been killed unjustly by this ignorance?) and they go on to eat the flesh and yet someone here wants us to belive they are a happy people? There is a definite distinction in Christianity, it's not by knowing what to do its by doing it. So this clan like all others before them will have those who are saved if they can keep the moral law and in putting in effort in keeping that law come to a point that he/she realizes that he can't keep it. But if they have no laws at all then remember the Bible says in the time of ignorance God overlooked.
Re: The Korowai People Of New Guinea Who Live On Trees And Eat Human Flesh(photos) by alphaNomega: 3:43pm On Jun 02, 2020
Eazie351:
these ones are already very much adapted to climbing. look at their limbs.


God forgive me, but these ones look like monkeys oh especially the women.
1. There is no God

2. This was the state early Europeans found Africans in and called them monkeys. They could not believe they are human beings. Do not feel bad.
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