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Namibia -  Bushmen - June 2007

Border of  Botswana - the Bushmen village museum of Grashoek...

 

 

 

Sacha seems so big compared to the little men.

They are less that 1,5 m ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bushmen are able to make quickly a fire with only two pieces of wood and some dried grass ... Impressive !

 

 

Their hunting technique is amazing ...

Luka is impressed and refuses to get close to them ...

 

 

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Sacha learns archery...

 

 

 

Daniel is initiated ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louses ?

 

 

 

Lisa, Sacha and Emma take part in the games and traditional dances ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today this fascinating people is on the way to die out. Less than half a century ago it was even legal to shoot them like wild animals !

 

 

Today the  bushmen have entered the modern life and they seem disorientated ... They are becoming alcoholic and their culture is dying surely.

We were impressed by the bushmen. They were able to adapt perfectly to their environment. So well that they didn't need to change their way of life up to now.

But once again, the governments doesn't appreciate the nomads ... So they will be forced to abandon completly their way of life in the future. They are already parked in a reserve and nearly all have given away their traditions.

 

As we leave the village, we experience a strange feeling ... We would have appreciated to stay longer with this people ...

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