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Tanzania Bushmen in Lake Eyasi

LAKE EYASI BUSH MEN (NORTHERNthis  people  are  live  in.
CIRCUIT)TANZANIA
We also take our visitors to places where the
Tanzania is one of the unique Country inHadzabe tribes get their water during the dry
which has about more than 120 tribes where byseason.
each tribes has its own unique culture and
ways  of  living.Our guides will take you to the places
where the visitors can experience how to
Among these tribes the Datoga and Hadzabe aremake fire and types of trees which are
still the tribes in which they refuses tosuitable  for  that  purpose.
give up their most indigenous ways of living.
These tribes refuses to give up their pureWe will also take our visitors to places
traditions up to now, they are proud of whowhere we can show them how to collect honey
they are. The Hadzabe are ones of theand teach them different types of local
smallest tribe in Tanzania, they about 200medicine used by Hadzabe people to treat
families and the Datoga are about 4000different  diseases.
families  in  the  whole  of  Tanzania.
Tanzanian  With  Datoga  families.
These tribes are found in Northern Tanzania
along lake Eyasi. Their are languageOur guides also speak the same languages,
resembles the click language of otherwith this people, and so most of our
bush-men further south of the Kalaharivisitors,  enjoy  to  visit  them.
Desert. Their small population , was
seriously threatened especially in 1974 whenThis is due to the fact that they participate
the Government tried to build a settlementin  their  daily  activities as  well.
for them and move them from their original
environment (Caves and the bushes) Most ofMost of this families are pastor lists and
these people and their children have neverso for their food are pretty much depend on
seen a doctor or school. The bush providestheir animals. They move from place to place
everything they need including traditionalto find good pasture for they are animals.
education  and  traditional  healers.The elders and the small children often stay
at home while the middle age groups move
For their food the Datoga and Hadzabe dependwith  their  animals  from  place  to  place.
on hunting on which they get honey and meat..
Also because they live mostly in dry areas,The Datoga also make a lot of their weapons,
the Datoga and Hadzabe they get water fromfrom them selves. e.g. the arrows, spears
digging  holes  of  about two to five meters.and knives. They dig holes for water and
also hunt small animals for their food. The
What  Tanzanian do  with  Hadzabe  ?visitors will also have opportunity to see
what this people used for keeping their food
We take tourist for the local hunting. Menand  fetching  water.
from this tribes are the hunters So our
visitors participate in hunting activities.The visitors, get to attend ceremonials
This will take them about 4/5 hours for theparties performed by this people considering
whole  day.the fact that from January to July, is good
season  for  weddings  and  circumcision.
Also the visitors get to see the way arrows
poison  are  being  made.Our guides also, will take you to places
where you can see the black smith in which
Tanzanian experience guide will also takeyou will see how to make jury and melt iron
you to the caves and holes in which most ofusing local methods.



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