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A very rare stone-age tribe of people living in a remote forest in Papua New Guinea, north of Australia, who've been living in their own fourth world undisturbed by modern civilisation and its benefits and pitfalls, were suddenly interrupted by white explorers from France.
The tribal group have never seen a white person before and they are very startled and afraid as they think that white people are a myth. They curiously reach their hands out to try and touch the strange man in their territory, but they flinch in fear as they think it's a ghost that they're seeing. This video footage is interesting.
They have never seen items such as mirrors or matches before and they are cautious, scared and bewildered when being shown these items for the first time.
Imagine being in their situation and how they would feel. Some people say they should not be disturbed and left to their way of life and culture. But a dilemma remains that if they are left to fend for themselves in nature, they will die out from malaria.
It's amazing that cultures like this still survive in hidden parts of the world in the 21st century, where some people can still live in the stone-age of time and have never seen a watch, radios, computers, the internet, phones, washing machines, dishwashers, fridges, cars, ships, trains, planes, rockets, or even a mirror or matches. They've never explored beyond their small island in all the centuries they've lived there and still wear no shoes on their feet.
It's a very interesting short 5-part video recording of an ancient tribe and their reactions to the new things which are shown to them from western culture.
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