Summary Not only did they hunt down their enemies to eat them, but sometimes even members of their own clan had to believe it. The peoples on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea have long been considered man-eating headhunters, according to reports from explorers and first missionaries. The "cannibals from the bush" instilled such fear in many sailors until 100 years ago that they anchored their ships far outside the bays and tried to avoid any contact with the natives. Headhunting and cannibalism, as researchers of modern times found out, were by no means mere ends in themselves. Most of the nearly 800 peoples on Papua New Guinea are animists, believers in nature and the headhunting probably served to appease their gods. At the beginning of the last century such blood rites were forbidden by the colonialists, although even anthropologists were astonished by individual cases until the 1960s. GO EAST goes in the bush of Papua New Guinea on the search for the last "man-eaters" - and - finds none . Most of the peoples have renounced headhunting and use a worthy substitute. Gray spotted domestic pigs wander into nirvana, screaming loudly, to appease the spirits of the dead of the indigenous peoples. Does it help? Even die-hard pig breeders could not get a clear answer.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Richard Gere The Dalai Lama
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
Summary Not only did they hunt down their enemies to eat them, but sometimes even members of their own clan had to believe it. The peoples on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea have long been considered man-eating headhunters, according to reports from explorers and first missionaries. The "cannibals from the bush" instilled such fear in many sailors until 100 years ago that they anchored their ships far outside the bays and tried to avoid any contact with the natives. Headhunting and cannibalism, as researchers of modern times found out, were by no means mere ends in themselves. Most of the nearly 800 peoples on Papua New Guinea are animists, believers in nature and the headhunting probably served to appease their gods. At the beginning of the last century such blood rites were forbidden by the colonialists, although even anthropologists were astonished by individual cases until the 1960s. GO EAST goes in the bush of Papua New Guinea on the search for the last "man-eaters" - and - finds none . Most of the peoples have renounced headhunting and use a worthy substitute. Gray spotted domestic pigs wander into nirvana, screaming loudly, to appease the spirits of the dead of the indigenous peoples. Does it help? Even die-hard pig breeders could not get a clear answer.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
