Rare Videos and Photos of an Unknown Amazon Tribe

According to indigenous advocacy group Survival International, photos they released this week show members of the Mashco Piro tribe foraging for bananas and cassava near the village of Monte Salvado on the Las Piedras River in Peru's Madre de Dios province.

Members of the Mashco Piro tribe, one of the world's most secretive tribes, gather on the banks of the Las Piedras river to forage for food. Photo: Survival International

"It's unusual for such a large group to come together," said Teresa Mayo, a researcher at Survival International. According to Peruvian lawyer Cesar Ipenza, tribesmen usually gather in small groups, and a larger group could be "an alarming situation."

Video of the activities of a newly discovered tribe in Peru (source: AP)

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According to Survival International, several logging companies now have logging rights in territory inhabited by the Mashco Piro. This has raised concerns about conflict between loggers and tribe members, as well as the possibility that loggers could introduce dangerous diseases to the Mashco Piro.

Members of the Mashco Piro tribe on the banks of the Las Piedras river. Photo: Survival International

A group of indigenous people react when they see a plane flying over their home in the Amazon basin near the border with Peru, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Tribal people are considered by anthropologists to have no communication. Photo: Reuters

A group of tribal people react to a plane flying over their settlement in the Amazon basin near the border with Peru. Photo: Reuters

Members of the Mashco Piro tribe watch a group of tourists from across the Alto Madre de Dios river in Manu National Park in the Amazon basin, southeastern Peru, in 2011. Photo: Reuters

In 2022, two loggers were shot with arrows while fishing during an encounter with tribe members. One logger died.

Members of an Amazon Basin tribe and their home. Photo: CFPE-EVA

Members of an unknown tribe in the Amazon basin along the border with Peru. Photo: CFPE-EVA

Members of the Mashco Piro tribe stand on the banks of the Las Piedras river. Photo: Survival International

The home of a group of Amazonian tribes near the Xinane River in the Brazilian state of Acre, near the border with Peru. Photo: Reuters

Home to an unknown tribe in the Amazon basin along the border with Peru. Photo: CFPE-EVA

Members of a tribe in the Amazon basin are seen from a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru. Photo: CFPE-EVA

The new images show a “very alarming and worrying situation because it is not clear exactly why they are moving from the rainforest to the beaches,” said Cesar Ipenza, a lawyer in Peru. He said isolated indigenous tribes may have migrated in August to collect turtle eggs to eat.

“We are also very concerned that some illegal activities may be going on in the areas where they live, forcing them to leave and putting them under pressure,” he said.

Ngoc Anh (according to Reuters, AP)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/video-va-nhung-buc-anh-hiem-hoi-ve-bo-toc-amazon-chua-duoc-biet-den-post304079.html