[SOTIC]

Paupa New Guinea has long been known for its savagery, canniblism is still practiced by some there as well as other horrors. These are the smoked men of Aseke. Considered one of the strangest grave yards in the world

[Thesilentobserver]

Nice find. Whats up with the guy in photo 8?

[SOTIC]

The word they are using isn't something I can translate but it seems as though they mean to say he is a medicine man a keeper of the tombs etc

[Keydog]

Interesting mummification process in what is a very decomposition-friendly environment... Body cut open, bamboo drainage poles inserted, smoked for a month, hematite clay smeared over the mummified body for preservation. Repair work using sap from certain local trees as glue. Quite an art.

Charles Higginson "discovered" these tribes in 1907. He said of the Anga tribe: "bloodthirsty savages who greedily lapped up the entrails of their own kin during the smoking process".

The drained bodily fluids/ entrails were put to use as a skin lotion, apparently. Probably a few other uses too, I imagine...

[SOTIC]

Awesome Intel^^^^

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by Keydog ↗

The drained bodily fluids/ entrails were put to use as a skin lotion, apparently. Probably a few other uses too, I imagine...

One being use as a lubricant for some forms of primitive 'marital aids' no doubt.



Here in the US, we have our own version.


He's looking more than a little like Lionel Ritchie...or Tom Jones.

You know.

Depending...

[K53]

Cancel my overseas trip to the South Pacific

[Mt321]

Picture number 8 is interesting, funny in a way. Their way of mumification is quite something.

[kellyhound]

[Flapmon]

They look like they're just chilling ... and decomposing.