Be a responsible traveller. Show tribal people respect and meet them on their premises. Visiting people with a different lifestyle and culture could sometimes be a very rewarding adventure, but be aware of that many tribal communities are extremely vulnerable to outside influences. All tribal people need to be protected from tourists in order to preserve their unique lifestyle and cultures. Travellers should understand that some tribes would like to live undisturbed, and that visit would be an intrusion.
Meeting the Bushmen in Namibia was an exciting journey into the their mind and the spirit. Our two highlights were a marriage proposal, and introducing of football (soccer). The Bushmen or San, have their home is the vast expanse of the Kalahari Desert. They are living in one of the most inhospitable terrains in the world. Its almost unbelievable that they are able to survive by hunting, gathering roots and tubers in such environment. Their lifestyle and culture were really something to experience!
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The movie Gabbeh gives a beautiful portrait of the nomadic life in Iran. It's directed and written by international renowned director Mohsen Makhmalbaf in 1996. Its symbolic expressions make it unique. Here you can follow a nomadic tribe wandering through a beautiful landscape that takes your breath away. You will really see that Iranian people and nature is colourful as the carpets they make themselves. Also today it's possible to visit nomads and experience their unique traditional culture and lifestyle, and don`t forget the country's untouched and grandeur nature.
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One of my biggest challenges so far in moviemaking was to make a movie about the people in Iran.
Especially I wanted to portray the true story of a colourful people to the world, the nomads in this country!
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As the sun lightened up the snow capped mountains in the late morning, I was walking up a hillside to visit a group from a Bakhtiari nomad tribe in Iran. I could really feel the heat, and hoped that I would be invited in to a cool tent for a rest. It didn't take long time before I experienced the nomads' unique hospitality.
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Italia has the Colluseum, England has the Buckingham Palace, France has the Eiffeltower and US has the Statue of Liberty, but more than any other country in the world Iran has the true hospitality. This gives you the magical experience of travelling in an exciting country.
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This article continues from Part 1: Behind snow capped mountains some groups of Bakhtiari nomads in Iran are still live in their traditional way. Experiencing the nomads' unique hospitality was an unforgettable experience.
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It didn't took long time before the Qashqai women started to dance, but when the men started their own wild dance, I was challenged to join them in something which turned to be a real fighting game, the Choopy dance. It must be the world`s most brutal dance!
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Nomadic life in Iran is unique in the world. Over the mountains and far away there are still living nomad tribes in Iran. Many of them are living in the middle of nowhere. Many of them have continued to live in the same way their forefathers did for hundred of years ago, maybe thousand of years ago. These people are very proud and strong, but the time change and they are struggling to retain their culture and lifestyle.
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Nomadic life in Iran has an ancient history and this country boasts the largest concentration of traditional nomads in the world. Over the mountains and far away there are still living nomad tribes in Iran.
Many of them are living in the middle of nowhere. In a wild and inhospitable terrain they are out of government control, and they struggle to survive. During the last century the Iranian government has tried to control the nomads by both encouraging and forcing them to settle, but the tribes have always been hard to subjugate.
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Their dance is called the Halay-dance and its something for itself. After the men had made up their mind about the marriage, and the Mullah had blessed the couple, the wedding celebration started. Dressed up in beautiful costumes the Qashqai-women in Iran danced so beautiful as I never have seen before.
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How to acquaint people with a different culture background, and how do you communicate with them?
If your aim is to explore, having an adventure and to make friendship with nomad tribes in Iran, this article could be useful for you.
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Little is mentioned in historical records about the Sami people's origin. It`s the same with the mighty Vikings. Where did the Sami actual come from? When did the Sámi populate the northern Scandinavia areas? Did they live together with the Vikings? Or are the Vikings really descendants from them?
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More than 180 languages and dialects are spoken by the 360,000 indigenous peoples in Brazil today. They are part of the near 6,000 tongues spoken today in the world. How long will the indigenous people keep their own language, spoken for hundred, maybe thousand of years ago?
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Brazil and the Amazon jungle has been origin for legends and myths about unknown people since the first Portuguese set their foot there. Exploration of untouched areas in Brazil leads to new great surprises! How many more uncontacted tribes can we expect to find?
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Excuse us for eating your relative for 136 year ago. We ate everything without the boots. We hope that you will forgive us, and cleanse our village from a curse that had hanged over us since the tragic meal. I guess that was some of the words in a recent ceremony in Fiji.
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