A young member of an isolated tribe got his first taste of the modern world. It must have been a shell-shocking experience for him. I can only ready hear a Hollywood exec's brain whirling on how they can turn it into the next wacky comedy.
A member of an isolated tribe made contact with a river community in Brazil's Amazon. But rather than stay in modern society, the young man understandably returned to his tribe less than 25 hours later. The young tribe member appeared in Bela Rosa, a Purus River community, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
He was wearing nothing but a loincloth and was carrying two logs. He appeared to be trying to communicate with the locals. He seemed to want to task for fire from the people. One person tried to show the man in vain how to use a lighter. But they failed to demonstrate how to. Brazil's Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, soon appeared on the scene.
Isolated Tribe
They escorted the tribe's member to a nearby facility to make sure he didn't expose himself to any disease. This isolated tribe had no immunity to diseases from the outside world.
They wrote, "On Thursday afternoon, the indigenous man returned to the forest. Continuing with the contingency plan, a multidisciplinary team from SESAI and FUNAI was sent to the non-indigenous community. While SESAI assessed the epidemiological situation of the residents, FUNAI monitored the territory and advised the population on protective measures for the isolated indigenous people of the Mamoriá Grande Indigenous Land
The organization released a statement on Friday. They said they placed a surveillance to prevent people from reaching the isolated tribe.
They said, "To reinforce protection for the indigenous people and their communities, two Funai teams are on their way to Bape Mamoriá: one from the Madeira-Purus Ethnoenvironmental Protection Front (CFPE-MP) and another from CGiirc. Another team from Sesai will also join the group. They will remain at the site for an indefinite period of time, monitoring and following up on the situation. The CGiirc team will have an indigenous collaborator from the Juma people, experienced in monitoring isolated peoples and a speaker of the Kawahiva language, which may be the same as that used by the people in question."
As part of a practice in the country, they do not seek out isolated tribes.
