The Nukak people, nomadic hunter-gatherers from Amazonia violently pushed out of their jungle territories, live in a refugee camp close to San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia, 3 September 2009. Now, roughly cut off their original tribal lifestyle, they stuck between worlds. They learn from the (mainly Christian) aid workers to use clothes, to listen to the radio, to beg for money. Although their digestion suffer, they love to eat sweets, cookies and other western food. They have hunted out all...
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The Nukak people, nomadic hunter-gatherers from Amazonia violently pushed out of their jungle territories, live in a refugee camp close to San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia, 3 September 2009. Now, roughly cut off their original tribal lifestyle, they stuck between worlds. They learn from the (mainly Christian) aid workers to use clothes, to listen to the radio, to beg for money. Although their digestion suffer, they love to eat sweets, cookies and other western food. They have hunted out all the animals around and now there is nothing left for them. Nukak can not return to the jungle, their world has already passed through an irreversible change.
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