Siberut

 

Here are the photographs of the tribal people that I was telling you about in class today. They live on Siberut which is an island off of West Sumatra in Indonesia. I was there thirty years ago. It took three days paddling up a river in a canoe to get there.

I took the photos on the night that I arrived at the village - the medicine men performed a  dance to help a woman who was unconscious because a branch had fallen on her head.

I cannot show you most of the photographs because that would be culturally inappropriate.

Do you think that these people have a good life? What is their main food? How much time do they "work" every day?
http://www.brommel.net/2009/02/mentawai-impressions-sago.html#!/2009/02/mentawai-impressions-sago.html

http://www.siberut-island.org/html/people_of_siberut.html

This man goes back after thirty years. What has changed?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVPkZffNFss

http://photo.lacina.net/photos-72-indonesia-siberut-island.html