Contact

Did you all hear about the newly discovered uncontacted tribe in the Amazonas in Brazil? It is such an amazing thing that there are still parts of the world which civilization has not yet corrupted. Here are more photos of the tribe and their little world. I find the one where the tribesmen are pointing their arrows at the plane the most powerful -- they don't know what a plane is. From what I understand, the tribe is to remain isolated. It makes me wonder if it is ok for them to remain untouched by civilization. Isn't also good for them to choose how they want to live?
Alvaro mentioned how this policy of leaving them alone seems in line with that of Star Trek - don't contact a new world, unless they contact you first. They need to grow and be mature enough... don't you wonder how many other worlds are watching us, waiting for us to 'mature'? :-)

Also, it seems there are more than 100 of these uncontacted tribes, more than half in south america, incl. Colombia, but a fair number in New Guinea (isn't that fascinating?). But 'uncontacted' doesn't necessarily mean that they don't know of the world outside. Some decide that they don't want to assimilate, and so go further in, in to the jungles.

Unrelated to this, I started reading about New Guinea and it seems it is known for cannibalism, although ceremonial, up until even 1970s. The interesting thing is that the reason the Aussie government outlawed cannibalism in their part of New Guinea because it led to a disease........