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POV OVER SWAMPY RAIN FOREST RIVER. VILLAGE. TREES REFLECTED IN THE WATER.

AFRICAN WOMEN WEARING LOINCLOTHS MADE OUT OF LEAVES CHOPPING AT UNDERGROWTH WITH MACHETES. CLEARING LAND.

PYGMY BOY RESTS ON LARGE LEAVES TAKES A NAP

PYGMY MOTHER BREAST FEEDS HER BABY

GIRL USES HER TEETH TO TEAR AWAY A PIECE OF STEM FROM LEAF BEFORE ADDING IT TO THE HUT SHE IS BUILDING,

PYGMIES USE BLUNT END OF THEIR SPEARS ON FOREST FLOOR POKING AROUND FOR TORTOISES. HUNTING FOR FOOD IN THE RAIN FOREST MEN HOLDS UP THEIR CATCHES, HOLD UP TORTOISES.

MEN CELEBRATE THEIR SUCESSFUL HUNT. PYGMY DANCE, PIGMY DANCES. "THE TORTOISE DANCE" ETHNIC DANCE.

PYGMY HUNTERS FIND A CROCODILE NEST MADE OUT OF MUD AND BRUSH THEY QUICKLY GATHER EGGS FROM THE NEST.
PUTTING EGGS IN WOODEN OR LEATHER BASKET

MAN CARVES A WOODEN SPEAR USING A MACHETE

PYGMY WOMEN SEPARATE THE BULBS FROM DIRT, BOIL BULBS UP RAIN FOREST WOMEN PREPARE DINNER. FEEDING THE GROUP. COMMUNITY EFFORT.

ROLLING FOREST STREAM WATER FALLS

CRANE WADING BIRD EATS FROM STREAM USES LONG BILL & NECK TO GET FOOD

PYGMY KIDS SQUEAL WITH DELIGHT SPLASHING IN THE WATER PYGMY PLAY. CLASSIC SWING ROPE ACROSS THE STREAM.
KIDS AT PLAY.

RAIN FOREST DEER GROOMS ITSELF IN THE STREAM

PYGMY KIDS PLAYING IN THE WATER

PYGMY GIRLS PLAY PATTY-CAKE AND SING. UNIVERSAL GAMES

PYGMY VILLAGE IN THE RAIN FOREST. PYGMY BOY TAKES A NAP

FLOCK OF BIRDS. PYGMY HUNTERS SPOT A BULL ELEPHANT IN A CLEARING. SYMBOLIC ACT. PYGMY LEADER SPITS ON THE GROUND HOPING TO BRING GOOD LUCK IN THE HUNT.
RITUALS.

MOTHER TIES GRASS SKIRT ON HER DAUGHTER.

PYGMY HUNTERS HUNT FOR FOOD. LEADER USES HAND GESTURES TO COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHERS IN SILENCE.
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. PICKS UP A LEAF WET WITH THE URINE OF A RED RIVER HOG. SMELLS THE LEAF. CUPS HIS HANDS AND IMITATES ANIMAL SOUND. COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER HUNTERS USING BIRD SOUNDS. HUNTERS RUN THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST FOLLOWING THE SOUND. HUNTER HAS KILLED A HOG. SHOWS BENT SPEAR WITH ANIMAL BLOOD.
PUTS AWAY TO FIX LATER.

HUNTERS RETURN TO THE VILLAGE WITH FRESH KILL.

CHILDREN MASH PLANT BULBS INTO A FLOUR AND STIR IN BOILING WATER. MAKING FOOD SIMILAR TO A DUMPLING. BOY HAS FLOUR ALL OVER HIM. CHILDREN CHOPPING VEGETABLES

PYGMY MEN LOOKING FOR DEAD BEES, CLUE FOR LOCATION OF HONEYCOMB. PYGMY STRIKES HIS BROW TO INDICATE TO OTHERS HE'S FOUND A BEE'S NEST. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. PYGMY CLIMBS A TREE OTHERS LIGHT A FIRE. FAN THE FIRE WITH LEAVES. PYGMY WEAVES A BASKET TO CARRY THE HONEYCOMB IN. ROLLS UP BUNDLE OF SMOULDERING TWIGS TO SMOKE OUT THE BEES. CU HONEYCOMB. BEES SWARN AROUND. MEN EAT THE HONEYCOMB.

BOY MAKES A SWEET DRINK OUT OF THE HONEYCOMB AND DRINKS IT FROM A COCONUT SHELL.

BONGO ANTELOPE WITH SPIRALY TWISTED HORNS & WHITE STRIPES. CENTRAL AFRICAN FOREST ANIMALS.

CHILDREN SING AS THEY CLEAR UNDERBRUSH TO USE AS A DAM MAKING A DAM OUT OF BRANCHES AND MUD. MOTHER BREAST FEEDS HER BABY.

WOMEN GATHER SQUIRMING FISH THROW THEM INTO BASKETS.
PYGMY WOMEN FISHING.

PYGMY CUTS OFF WHITE SPOTS ON THE BONGO'S HEAD, BAJAAKAN BELIEF THAT EVIL SPIRITS LIVE IN THE WHITE SPOTS. CUTS WHITE SPOTS OFF ANIMAL'S LEG. CU DEAD ANTELOPE.

CU PYGMY HUNTERS SMOKING HASHISH OUT OF PIPE WITH A LARGE BOWL. GETTING HIGH. SMOKING DOPE. CU STONED PYGMIES. CEREMONY. RITUALS. CELEBRATION OF SUCCESSFUL HUNT.

STRETCHING ANTELOPE SKIN DRIED NEAR THE FIRE

PYGMY GETTING HIS HEAD SHAVED. PYGMY SYMBOL OF BEAUTY CU USING A RAZOR BLADE TO SHAVE HEAD. WIFE SHAVES HUSBAND'S HEAD. PYGMY TATTOO. RUBS BLACK ASH ON SMALL OF THE BACK

PYGMY POUNDS MIXTURE UP AND PRESSES THE JUICE OUT.
ANCIENT HUNTING TOOLS. PAINTS THE MIXTURE ON THE END OF SPEARS. POISON SPEAR HEADS DRIED ON THE FIRE.
ARROWS CUT TO LENGTH

PYGMY HUNTERS IN THE RAIN FOREST ON A HUNT. STAND AT MASSIVE TREE TRUNK. DEEP IN THE BUSH HUNTERS HEAR APES IN THE TREETOPS. TO LURE APES DOWN, PYGMY USES A FLUTE TO IMITATE THE CRY OF A AN EAGLE, THE APE'S GREATEST ENEMY. HUNTERS RAISE THEIR CROSSBOWS AND SHOOT POISON ARROWS. HUNTERS KILL TWO APES. HUNTER PULLS THE POISON ARROW OUT OF THE DEAD APE. USES IT'S TAIL TO FASHION A STRAP TO CARRY IT BACK TO THE VILLAGE

PYGMY MEN CUT UP HUGE BULL ELEPHANT THEY KILLED WITH SHORT SPEARS. CUTS OUT THE ENTRAILS. ENTIRE VILLAGE WATCHES

PYGMY MAN PREPARES HIS FEET TO WALK ON A SMOKING HOT METAL SPEAR. "FIRE WALKING" CU FOOT ON SMOKING HOT PIECE OF METAL. MIND OVER MATTER.

PYGMY DANCE, MUSIC AND SONG. ETHNIC DANCE, COSTUME, MUSIC

PAN RAIN FOREST & RIVER