Visiting the Tribe that EATS HUMANS (Papua Island)

Summary by Krater

Drew Binsky travels to West Papua, Indonesia, to visit the remote Korowai and Mamuna tribes in the rainforest. He learns about their culture, housing in tall stilts, gathering sago, and the historical reality of cannibalism as a form of justice.

From the video

Answers: What is it like to visit the cannibal tribes of West Papua?

• Papua rainforest expedition
• Korowai tribe culture
• Mamuna tribe lifestyle
• Treehouse architecture
• Sago palm harvesting
• Cannibalism history and practices

Ingredients

• rice
• vegetables
• chicken
• onions

What it concludes

• The remote island of Papua is the most diverse place on earth with 312 different tribes and over 1,000 unique languages.
• The Korowai tribe practices cannibalism not for nutrition or enjoyment, but as a form of revenge-based justice against accused sorcerers.
• The Mamuna and Korowai are sister tribes, but the Korowai are the cannibals of the two.
• Modernization is slowly creeping into the Papuan rainforest, introducing cigarette addictions while tribes still maintain traditions dating back over 10,000 years.