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Tanzania Bushmen in Lake Eyasi

LAKE EYASI BUSH MEN (NORTHERNtake you to the caves and holes in which
CIRCUIT)TANZANIAmost of this people are live in.
Tanzania is one of the unique Country inWe also take our visitors to places
which has about more than 120 tribeswhere the Hadzabe tribes get their water
where by each tribes has its own uniqueduring the dry season.
culture and ways of living.Our guides will take you to the places
Among these tribes the Datoga andwhere the visitors can experience how
Hadzabe are still the tribes in whichto make fire and types of trees which
they refuses to give up their mostare suitable for that purpose.
indigenous ways of living. TheseWe will also take our visitors to places
tribes refuses to give up their purewhere we can show them how to collect
traditions up to now, they are proud ofhoney and teach them different types of
who they are. The Hadzabe are ones oflocal medicine used by Hadzabe people to
the smallest tribe in Tanzania, theytreat different diseases.
about 200 families and the Datoga areTanzanian With Datoga families.
about 4000 families in the whole ofOur guides also speak the same
Tanzania.languages, with this people, and so most
These tribes are found in Northernof our visitors, enjoy to visit them.
Tanzania along lake Eyasi. Their areThis is due to the fact that they
language resembles the click language ofparticipate in their daily activities
other bush-men further south of theas well.
Kalahari Desert. Their small populationMost of this families are pastor lists
, was seriously threatened especially inand so for their food are pretty much
1974 when the Government tried to builddepend on their animals. They move from
a settlement for them and move them fromplace to place to find good pasture for
their original environment (Caves andthey are animals. The elders and the
the bushes) Most of these people andsmall children often stay at home while
their children have never seen a doctorthe middle age groups move with their
or school. The bush provides everythinganimals from place to place.
they need including traditionalThe Datoga also make a lot of their
education and traditional healers.weapons, from them selves. e.g. the
For their food the Datoga and Hadzabearrows, spears and knives. They dig
depend on hunting on which they getholes for water and also hunt small
honey and meat.. Also because they liveanimals for their food. The visitors
mostly in dry areas, the Datoga andwill also have opportunity to see what
Hadzabe they get water from diggingthis people used for keeping their food
holes of about two to five meters.and fetching water.
What Tanzanian do with Hadzabe ?The visitors, get to attend ceremonials
We take tourist for the local hunting.parties performed by this people
Men from this tribes are the hunters Soconsidering the fact that from January
our visitors participate in huntingto July, is good season for weddings and
activities. This will take them about 4circumcision.
5 hours for the whole day.Our guides also, will take you to places
Also the visitors get to see the waywhere you can see the black smith in
arrows poison are being made.which you will see how to make jury and
Tanzanian experience guide will alsomelt iron using local methods.



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