Chapter 970 969. Change Teams (3/10)

Chapter 970 969. Change Team (310)

Cheeks told Lidu a lot about the Hadzai traditions.

He said that the history of their nation has no written records, and it is all passed down by word of mouth.

But on the vast prairie, they are not alone. Iraku, Datuja, Isansu, Sukuma, Ilanba, Maasai, etc., have communicated with many ethnic groups and lived together since ancient times.

Each indigenous people has its own language, and they have a common second language, Swahili, which makes communication possible.

Each tribe has its own territory. The Hadzai exchange their prey for metal arrowheads made by the Datuga, tents made of animal skins by the Isansu, and girls from the Sukuma.

In many parts of the African continent, polygamy is common, and as few as 10 cows can be exchanged for a wife.

In this regard, the Hadzais are closer to modern society, and almost all of their ethnic groups are monogamous.

Li Du said: "It's amazing, obviously, you respect women more."

Cheeks laughed and said, "No, it's because my people are not good at accumulating wealth. If you lack property accumulation, you won't be able to exchange extra wives."

Cheeks, who has received a higher education, is very frank. He told Li Du that the Hadzais do not maintain a high degree of loyalty to marriage. Although they do not have multiple wives at the same time, they will continue to change their partners.

But Hazai women are very tough. They accept polygamy verbally, but if their husbands dare to have an affair, they will be furious. They will fight with their husbands, bring their children into other families, and use various methods to deal with their husbands.

Later, Sophie also came here, and the Hadzais were even more happy. A boy gave Sophie a straw headband with bright feathers of some birds on it, which was very beautiful.

Sophie accepted with a smile, and Cheeks told Li Du: "This child loves your wife."

Li Du said: "That shows that his aesthetic vision is very good."

Cheeks froze, then laughed.

He liked Li Du's open-mindedness and kindness very much, so after breakfast, when the tribe's hunters were going to hunt, Cheeks warmly invited Li Du to participate.

After thinking about it, Li Du went to communicate with the lion hunter, saying that he was going to experience the hunting life of the Hadzais, and asked the lion hunter if he was interested.

The lion hunter said: "They only hunt mice and birds, what's the point? I'm going to hunt lions today, are you sure you don't want to come with me?"

Li Du has no interest in hunting ferocious beasts. The Aao and Meow he raised are ferocious beasts, and the act of hunting ferocious beasts will make them feel uneasy.

In this way, the two sides separated temporarily, and he and Sophie joined the hunting team of the Hadzais.

The Hadzais generally do not accept women into the tribe, but because Sophie gave the children a lot of snacks such as chocolate and milk candy, and because of her elegant temperament, she was welcomed by the tribe.

Because different tribes have different appreciations of beauty, Sophie with a delicate face is not a beauty in the eyes of the Hadzai people. In their view, tall and fat women are more attractive, and a fat body points to greater fertility. , also means healthier.

The Hadzais may think that Sophie is not beautiful, but her temperament is understandable. This kind of beauty can directly hit people's souls, so people still like her very much.

Big Ivan brought alcohol to the Hadzai, thinking that the native blacks would enjoy the strong drink, but was boycotted.

The Hadzais are not good at drinking alcohol. They will get drunk when they drink the fruit wine they brew. These people have no self-control and will make trouble when they get drunk.

Therefore, most Hadzai tribes have regulations that do not accept alcohol from outsiders.

But people were very interested in the iron jug brought by Ivan the Great, and they poured out the wine in it to hold fresh water.

Big Ivan was in pain: "For God's sake, don't throw it away, that's the vodka I managed to bring out from Ukraine!"

After the sun rose, the hunters were ready to go.

They domesticated dogs, but they didn't take the dogs to hunt, but used them to guard the camp.

More than 20 hunters formed a team. They walked briskly on the grass, gathered together in twos and threes to chat, with smiles on their faces, and their lives were relaxed and happy.

After walking for a while, the hunter in front suddenly stopped and shouted excitedly: "Xi Xiza!"

The hunters ran over in a huff, bent over and pushed the weeds away with their javelins, and carefully searched for something on the ground.

Cheeks looked back and explained, "They found the prairie voles."

Li Du asked, "Is this also food?"

Cheeks said with a smile: "Of course, this is good food. Prairie voles live on grass seeds and fruits, and they are not dirty. And they have no attack power. How can we not like it?"

People found several caves in the weeds, found some hay, lifted their leather skirts and peed on them.

Sophie turned her head in embarrassment, and Cheeks apologized to her, saying that the Hazai hunters lacked etiquette in this regard.

The hay got wet, they stuffed it into the hole and lit it with the lighter they carried with them.

Soon, some smoke filled the air.

The hunters blew smoke into the holes vigorously, and some smoked wild rats came out of some holes. The hunters waited for the rats in the holes, and came out to catch one by one.

Seeing the lighters they were using, Li Du asked, "Actually, you don't mind accepting the culture of the outside world, and you don't mind changing some traditions, right?"

Cheeks nodded and said, "Yes, small changes are fine."

Li Du felt that they were contradictory. On the one hand, they maintained the traditions of the tribe, and on the other hand, they accepted changes.

Cheeks saw his confusion and explained it to him.

In fact, the Hadzabi have countless opportunities to say goodbye to the hunting life.

In Tanzania, the government has tried many times to help or force the Hadzais to move out of their homeland and live a settled life, but these efforts have failed in the end.

For example, in 1965, the newly independent Tanzanian government used heavily armed police to forcefully relocate the Hadzais to settlements and equip them with schools and hospitals.

Tragically, after only a few weeks, many Hadzais became ill and many died. The following year, most Hadzais left the settlements and returned to hunting life.

From the 1970s to the 1990s, the local government still worked tirelessly for the settlement of the Hadzabes. However, all efforts were in vain.

Today, there are still very few Hadzais living in the former settlements, waiting for food from the government without compensation, while the vast majority still return to their traditional hunting life.

As they chatted, the prairie voles had been swept away.

The hunters tied the voles together with ropes and hung them around their waists or shoulders. The smiles on their faces grew wider and they looked very happy.

Looking at this scene, Cheeks said with a smile: "Our tribe has a natural habit of hunting. As long as they can harvest prey, they will be happy."

"In the 21st century, the two most difficult things for people to obtain are health and happiness. Look, my people are healthy and happy because of hunting, so why should we change this life?"