Africa's Pygmy Culture
Is Africa a country? No, but that is was most people rush to answer, "yes!" Africa however is a continent, the second largest. Over its 11,700,000 square miles is an estimation of 690 million people. That is a whole lot of people and yet, the country still manages to be very under-developed. Within that enormous population of inhabitants, are various similar yet very different branches of people. All of which indeed have like traits and characteristics, but 'to each is his own'- and they do all have their own little culture. The Pygmies are one of those many cultures, and are believed to be the oldest culture in Africa; they believe that they are the oldest culture in the world. Pygmies are a very small people. Standing at the highest of 5 feet tall, and weighing around 90 lbs.. They have the rest of their bodies the same size, shape, and proportion as ours. However, they do range slightly in color- from African American with red tones to yellow tones. Pygmies are gifted with an interesting trait as well; they have unusually large big toes. This is believed to be an adaptation evolved from their excessive climbing and propping themselves with their big toe and using it to c
There have been no traces of spirit or ancestor worship either. Pygmy religion is not yet well understood, but for what knowledge exists- god is the forest. This does not matter to them, they live for today and that is simply just how they feel it should be done, neither dwelling on the past nor dreaming of the future. As we all know, most tropical environments have rain seasons, and Central Africa's rain season lies between October and May. After a few days of that harsh Pygmy reality, she is praised, treated, and loved just as a boy. Very rarely do you ever see anyone from a Pygmy tribe with a garden of even the smallest size. Pygmy culture too lacks laws, but they do have methods of logical discipline; when peace is broken within the group by members fighting or being disruptive, they are told to not talk with each other for some time. Raw food is the only way to Pygmies unless it is meat. Arrowheads are also etched with designs before used in hunting, for luck purposes and giving identification to their kill. In recent cases, neighboring tribes of cannibals have actually captured Pygmies and made dinner of them. It has worked for all this time, I can't see it falling to extinction. Just the single penicillin injection rids them of any further worry. When the child is a girl, the father will hit at her with leaves. Other tribes look to the Pygmy hunting with open eyes and much admiration. They may be very small people, but obviously their quickness and simple creativity is more than just a trait, but their way of survival.
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