1. Making of a woven pannier with plant fibers derived from liana plants. | | | |
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| Other Daily Activities(basket and mat weaving, gathering and preparation of food, etc.)(BaKola Pygmies / BaGyeli Pygmies of Cameroon)Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis DevinSoundscape: edible seed comminution on a wooden chopping board (Bakola Pygmies of Cameroon). | 2. Bakola child with wooden chopping board, inside a hut. 3. Pygmy stone chopping board with pebble to crumble seeds and other vegetables.
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| | 4. Gathering of leaves, giant land snails, firewood and other forest materials. African rainforest plants and animals | | | |
| | 5. Caterpillar soup, in a pot on the fire. Rainforest caterpillars 6. Freshly caught river shrimps in a basket. Rainforest rivers and streams
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| | 7. Gathering of wild fruits and other edible vegetables along a path near the camp. Rainforest wild fruits | | | |
| | 8. Moving on a pirogue along a river in the Cameroonian rainforest. | | | |
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Music anthropologist and writer, he has carried out field research in central Africa, where he lived with the Baka Pygmies and other forest peoples, whose music, rituals and survival strategies he has been studying for more than a decade. www.luisdevin.comwww.facebook.com/LuisDevin | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HOME SECTION INDEX BACKBakola Pygmy daily activities, with photos and ethnographic notes (BaKola Pygmies / BaGyeli Pygmies of Cameroon).Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/bakola-bagyeli/daily-activities.phpPhotos, videos and sounds are available for licensing, both for multimedia use and paper publications. For the terms and conditions, contact the author from the Contact page. The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, where the BaKola-BaGyeli Pygmy people live, is 06:51. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF). Go to the Other Pygmy Peoples section indexCopyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved. | | | | | | | |
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