How mysterious and unknown hides a mysterious Africa!Its rich fantastic nature, the amazing wildlife and still are of great interest to scientists inquiring minds and excite travelers.Unexplained admiration along with the animal cause fear customs and traditions of local Aboriginal owned by a variety of tribes, inhabiting around the black continent.Africa itself is sufficient contrast and the civilized world a facade often hides unprecedented savagery of primitive society.
Wild Africa.The tribes of cannibals
One of the mystical secrets of tropical Africa, of course, is cannibalism.Cannibalism, that is, people eating their own kind in many African tribes, constantly warring among themselves, initially was based on the belief in the miraculous effects of human flesh and blood on the warrior qualities as courage, manliness, heroism and courage.Some tribes of cannibals widely used different drugs made from burned and crushed to a powder of the human heart.It was believed that such a black ointment on the basis of the resulting ash and human fat is able to strengthen the body and lift the spirit of the warrior before the battle, as well as protect from enemy spells.The true extent of all kinds of ritual murder are unknown, all ceremonies are usually committed in secrecy.
Wild tribes.Cannibals necessarily
Cannibalism in any case was not related to the level of development of an Aboriginal tribe or its morals.Simply, he was very widespread throughout the continent, there was an acute shortage of food, besides kill a person was much easier than to shoot on hunting wild animals.Although there were tribes, specializing, for example, in animal husbandry, which is enough meat animals, and they do not engage in cannibalism.At the beginning of the XX century in what is now Zaire, there were huge slave markets, which sold or bartered for ivory slaves exclusively for human consumption.They could see the slaves of different sex and age, it could be even women with babies in their arms, although food great demand men as women could come in handy on the farm.
Cruelty morals
cannibal tribes openly declared that they like human flesh because of its juiciness, considered a delicacy fingers and toes, as well as women's grud.Osoby ritual was associated with eating the head.The flesh, tore off the head, received only the most notable of the elders.The skull is carefully kept in special pots, then to whom do the ritual sacrifices and prayers were read.Perhaps the most brutal among the natives was a rite of tearing pieces of human flesh from the still alive victim, and some Nigerian tribes of cannibals with a distinct, ferocious cruelty, using pumpkin used as an enema poured into the throat or anus prisoner boiling palm oil.According to these cannibals had lain for some time and completely oiled rigor meat was much more tender and juicier taste.In ancient times, eating flesh was mostly foreigners, especially those were prisoners.At the same time, the victims are often and tribesmen.
tribes of cannibals.Terrible hospitality
interesting that according to the customs of hospitality cannibal, refusal to taste offered guests a treat was perceived as a deadly insult and defamation.
Therefore, without a doubt, not to be eaten, and move freely around the continent, from tribe to tribe, as well as a sign of friendship and respect to African travelers certainly had otvedyvat this food.
