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The pygmy canopy honey. On an enormous mahogany tree 50 metres high, the honey-hunter perched on the trunk passes a branch with dexterity. The
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. On an enormous mahogany tree 50 metres high, the honey-hunter perched on the trunk passes a branch with dexterity. The pygmies are excellent climbers, athletes of the forest who accomplish feats every day in harvesting the honey. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Honney hunters and the photographer Eric Tourneret. Sangha, Congo
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Honney hunters and the photographer Eric Tourneret. Sangha, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. An indigenous village along a forest track. Likouala, Congo
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. An indigenous village along a forest track. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In Pokola, the forest city between the departments of the Sangha and the Likouala, the forest company CIB aids in the
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In Pokola, the forest city between the departments of the Sangha and the Likouala, the forest company CIB aids in the development of the native communities and employs the N’Benseles as trailblazers and a school for the young indigenes with a school calendar adapted to the forest activities has been in operation since several years. The school is quite far from the native village and this distance does not facilitate attendance. For the young indigenes who speak French, the survival of their people depends on the education of an elite who will represent and defend them. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. On the forest track, a group of women come back from the stream after their bath. Lokouala, Congo
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. On the forest track, a group of women come back from the stream after their bath. Lokouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The women catch the basket full of honey, the “pendi” at the moment it is lowered. In general, during the big honey season,
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The women catch the basket full of honey, the “pendi” at the moment it is lowered. In general, during the big honey season, the families are in the forest and the women also participate in the harvests. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. A honey-hunter prepares the smoker made out of a bundle of sticks stuffed into leaves to create a dense smoke. An exceptional
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A honey-hunter prepares the smoker made out of a bundle of sticks stuffed into leaves to create a dense smoke. An exceptional harvest of several kilos of honey from the trunk of an oil palm. Today, the oil palms are planted around the villages by the Bantu farmers following slash-and-burn and we can also find them near the camps of pygmies who consume them and thus scatter the fruit and seeds in the forest. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The basket of honey is lowered with a
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The basket of honey is lowered with a liana.Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In a Marantaceae forest, the honey-hunters climb the lianas to harvest a bees nest that had been located in the night. The
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In a Marantaceae forest, the honey-hunters climb the lianas to harvest a bees nest that had been located in the night. The honey-hunters get up before dawn to inspect the traps but also to be able to locate in the silence the sound of the bees fanning. A branch is cut near the tree to mark their discovery. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Meat from the bush in a traditional basket. The men make traps of wood and lianas to trap antelopes and boar. The meat is
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Meat from the bush in a traditional basket. The men make traps of wood and lianas to trap antelopes and boar. The meat is shared at the camp and the surplus sold. The pygmies also hunt with a gun for the Bantu salesmen. The hunt, with a permit, is open legally from May 1 to October 20. The natives are authorized to hunt all year for their needs with traditional means if they do not trade or sell the meat. Meat from the bush can be found in the markets year-round and throughout the country. Sangha, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Meat from the bush in a traditional basket. The men make traps of wood and lianas to trap antelopes and boar. The meat is
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Meat from the bush in a traditional basket. The men make traps of wood and lianas to trap antelopes and boar. The meat is shared at the camp and the surplus sold. The pygmies also hunt with a gun for the Bantu salesmen. The hunt, with a permit, is open legally from May 1 to October 20. The natives are authorized to hunt all year for their needs with traditional means if they do not trade or sell the meat. Meat from the bush can be found in the markets year-round and throughout the country. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. One, two, three trees are harvested in a day. The honey-hunters devour the honey during the harvest as though to pay
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. One, two, three trees are harvested in a day. The honey-hunters devour the honey during the harvest as though to pay themselves for the effort expended. At the base of the tree, the honey is shared and the rest is brought back to the camp for the women and children. The brood cell is eaten by the men. It's man's food. Honey is important in the Likouala and for the N’Bensele clan and the big season for honey and larvae is in August and September. Then, everyone is in the forest and and no one is left in the village. Sangha, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In the Masseyle family's hut, comfort is rudimentary. The mat is the only furniture. The fire is always kept lit to keep away
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In the Masseyle family's hut, comfort is rudimentary. The mat is the only furniture. The fire is always kept lit to keep away insects. When they travel, the families always transport some embers to be able to quickly light a fire to smoke the bees, set up camp for the night or rapidly treat a snake bite by applying an ember to the wound. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. A “Bouy”, honeycomb, brought back to the camp in a leaf. Likouala, Congo
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A “Bouy”, honeycomb, brought back to the camp in a leaf. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. A honey-hunter with the “Ndjingo” mushroom he gathered from amongst the buttress roots of the sacred tree of the ancestors.
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A honey-hunter with the “Ndjingo” mushroom he gathered from amongst the buttress roots of the sacred tree of the ancestors. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In the undergrowth, a fire is lit to prepare the smoker for the bees. In the heart of the forest, when a space is opened to
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In the undergrowth, a fire is lit to prepare the smoker for the bees. In the heart of the forest, when a space is opened to the sun, thousands of gnats swarm to the men to enjoy the mineral salts from their perspiration, drawing from their skin some nourishment. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. A difficult climb for this honey-hunter
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A difficult climb for this honey-hunter who, with his basket for gathering the honey, climbs up a liana to reach the fork in a giant of the forest. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Following the harvest, the joy of honey.
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Following the harvest, the joy of honey. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. At the camp, the women build the structure of the hut within a few minutes. Then the hut is covered in Marantaceae leaves or
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. At the camp, the women build the structure of the hut within a few minutes. Then the hut is covered in Marantaceae leaves or some other leaves found in the immediate surroundings. At the camp, the ground is swept once a day, the fire in the huts keeps away gnats and insects and in the case of ants, red embers are scattered on the ground. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Scene at the camp. As opposed to the Bantus amongst whom polygamy is widespread and the extended family plays an essential
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Scene at the camp. As opposed to the Bantus amongst whom polygamy is widespread and the extended family plays an essential social role, the family unit is quite close knit amongst the pygmies. At the camp, the couples are very solid and solidary. Before marriage, the youths are very free. In the village, the confrontation with the Bantu destabilizes the family. Alcohol, money and cheating perturb the people of the forest. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The stalks of Marantaceae are used for basketry, for making the traditional baskets and mats that will be sold to the Bantus.
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The stalks of Marantaceae are used for basketry, for making the traditional baskets and mats that will be sold to the Bantus. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The women go into the forest to gather wild yams for the meals, some palm nuts and also Koko leaves, the leaves of a liana
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The women go into the forest to gather wild yams for the meals, some palm nuts and also Koko leaves, the leaves of a liana used to prepare a sauce. The Koko leaves are also traded or sold to the Bantu masters who sell them in the market of Pokola, the neighboring city. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Surrounded by “Libolis” trees, the camp of Massila groups together 5 huts. The huts are covered in Marantaceae leaves. The
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Surrounded by “Libolis” trees, the camp of Massila groups together 5 huts. The huts are covered in Marantaceae leaves. The opening of forest roads in the last twenty-five years has profoundly changed the N’Bensele's way of life. Their relation with the Bantu masters has been modified; clothing and distilled alcohol has arrived in the camps and the villages. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In the evening at the camp, the people talk to the children about the ancestors and their ways of the past. They speak of
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In the evening at the camp, the people talk to the children about the ancestors and their ways of the past. They speak of hunting elephants with assegais. The ancestors, the great elephant hunters, are called “Touma” and when a entered the forest, the people had hopes for an exceptional hunt. During the nocturnal ceremonies, the whole camp calls upon the largesse of the god “Comba”. The chants are hunting songs, of enthusiasm and thanks for the hunt or harvest to come. These ceremonies often take place after a good hunt, when the camp shares antelope or boar meat. Likiouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The honey basket, “pendi”, is filled with the honey from the harvest. It is lowered from the tree using a rope made of
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The honey basket, “pendi”, is filled with the honey from the harvest. It is lowered from the tree using a rope made of lianas. Honey is important in the Likouala and for the N’Bensele clan who specializes in this activity. August and September are the big honey season in these rainforests with big marshy zones that favor the proliferation of flowers and bees' nests. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The honey-hunters have put the morning honey harvest on a Marantaceae leaf. The period with an abundance of honey is called
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The honey-hunters have put the morning honey harvest on a Marantaceae leaf. The period with an abundance of honey is called “Nbosso”, August September. Everybody is in the forest and there's no one left in the village. It's during this period that they make “Douma”, the honey wine, or mead, that was until only recently the only alcohol consumed by the pygmy people. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Surrounded by bees, the honey-hunter balancing on the tree trunk plunges his hand into the nest to harvest the honeycombs. In
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Surrounded by bees, the honey-hunter balancing on the tree trunk plunges his hand into the nest to harvest the honeycombs. In the N’Bensele clan, the best way to find a wife in the camp is to give her honey. A man has to know how to climb and not be afraid of stings. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In the early morning following a stormy night that has made the temperatures drop, the women of the camp sing in unison to
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In the early morning following a stormy night that has made the temperatures drop, the women of the camp sing in unison to warm themselves. A moment of sharing in which smiles and good humour win out over the cold and damp of the night. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. A team of honey-hunters have just spotted the flight of bees towards a nest more than 50 metres high in an undergrowth of
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A team of honey-hunters have just spotted the flight of bees towards a nest more than 50 metres high in an undergrowth of Mangobé plants. The big equatorial forest of Central Africa is the planets second lung. But in reality it is a very diversified ecosystem. Human presence in this forest goes back more than 20,000 years and during the last 5000 years there have been periods of drought linked to climatic changes. 2500 years ago, with the spreading of iron, and the arrival of the Bantu people, the forest cover was profoundly modified, the savannahs created. The Mangobe plants with an open undergrowth attest to ancient human occupation. These are often the spots where slash and burn has been practiced. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. A “coma”, nest of stingless bees, has just been harvested and the honey-hunters sample their booty in the canopy. Likouala,
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A “coma”, nest of stingless bees, has just been harvested and the honey-hunters sample their booty in the canopy. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. The dental mutilation among pygmies and
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. The dental mutilation among pygmies and Bantu peoples of the North-West of Congo-Brazzaville have been motivated by aesthetics, courage and prominence. Long perpetrated by the two ethnic groups, they tend to disappear among the Bantu. On an enormous mahogany tree 50 metres high, the honey-hunter perched on the trunk passes a branch with dexterity. The pygmies are excellent climbers, athletes of the forest who accomplish feats every day in harvesting the honey. Sangha, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. At over 40 metres above the ground, the honey-hunters smoke the bees and gather the honey from the forest canopy. During the
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. At over 40 metres above the ground, the honey-hunters smoke the bees and gather the honey from the forest canopy. During the little honey season in April and May, the harvests are smaller than during the big season in August and September. Several nests are harvested each day. The period with an abundance of honey is called “Nbosso”, August September. Everybody is in the forest and there's no one left in the village. It's during this period that the “Douma”, the honey wine, is made. Sangha, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Honey is important in the department of Likouala and the N’Bensele clan is known for their honey production. Sangha, Congo
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Honey is important in the department of Likouala and the N’Bensele clan is known for their honey production. Sangha, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. Surrounded by bees, the honey-hunter balancing on the tree trunk plunges his hand into the nest to harvest the honeycombs. In
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. Surrounded by bees, the honey-hunter balancing on the tree trunk plunges his hand into the nest to harvest the honeycombs. In the N’Bensele clan, the best way to find a wife in the camp is to give her honey. A man has to know how to climb and not be afraid of stings. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. At over 40 metres above the ground, the honey-hunters smoke the bees and gather the honey from the forest canopy. During the
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. At over 40 metres above the ground, the honey-hunters smoke the bees and gather the honey from the forest canopy. During the little honey season in April and May, the harvests are smaller than during the big season in August and September. Several nests are harvested each day. The period with an abundance of honey is called “Nbosso”, August September. Everybody is in the forest and there's no one left in the village. It's during this period that the “Douma”, the honey wine, is made. Likouala, Congo
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Pygmy Baaka population in south-eastern Cameroon ; Preparation of plants to weave a ceremony before hunt
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy Baaka population in south-eastern Cameroon ; Preparation of plants to weave a ceremony before hunt
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Pygmy Baaka child asleep on her mother Cameroon
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy Baaka child asleep on her mother Cameroon
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Harvesting of honey by the Pygmies Baaka Southeast Cameroon
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Harvesting of honey by the Pygmies Baaka Southeast Cameroon
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Pygmy Baaka for making hunting south-east Cameroon
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy Baaka for making hunting south-east Cameroon
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Male pygmy Baaka showing Achatina Cameroon
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Male pygmy Baaka showing Achatina Cameroon
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Achatina on a branch of a tree in rainforest Cameroon
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Achatina on a branch of a tree in rainforest Cameroon
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Pygmy women Baaka hats South-eastern Cameroon ; Women help each
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy women Baaka hats South-eastern Cameroon ; Women help each other maintain their hair
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Lance hunting pygmy Baaka Southeast of Cameroon ; This weapon is transmitted from generation to generation
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Lance hunting pygmy Baaka Southeast of Cameroon ; This weapon is transmitted from generation to generation
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Lance hunting pygmy Baaka Southeast of Cameroon ; This weapon is
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Lance hunting pygmy Baaka Southeast of Cameroon ; This weapon is transmitted from generation to generation
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Lance hunting pygmy Baaka Southeast of Cameroon ; This weapon is transmitted from generation to generation
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Lance hunting pygmy Baaka Southeast of Cameroon ; This weapon is transmitted from generation to generation
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Hunting camp of a group of Pygmies Baaka Cameroon
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Hunting camp of a group of Pygmies Baaka Cameroon
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Pygmy children Baaka bringing decision-hunting Cameroon ; In
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy children Baaka bringing decision-hunting Cameroon ; In hunting, when he's not great hunt, the male children can participate. Hunting is still practiced with the lance and with the help of dogs.
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Pygmy Baaka child sleeping in a hut under construction ; The new hunting camp, women have not yet returned from collecting leaves to make the hut.
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy Baaka child sleeping in a hut under construction ; The new hunting camp, women have not yet returned from collecting leaves to make the hut. This activity is exclusively a matter for women.
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Pygmy Baaka child playing with a machete Cameroon ; All young children are already learning to use a machete, the basic tool of elementary
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© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Pygmy Baaka child playing with a machete Cameroon ; All young children are already learning to use a machete, the basic tool of elementary
