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The San people (or Saan), also known as Bushmen or Basarwa, are members of various indigenous hunter-gatherer people of Southern Africa, whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. There is a significant linguistic difference between the northern people living between the Okavango River in Botswana and Etosha National Park in northwestern Namibia, extending up into southern Angola; the central people of most of Namibia and Botswana, extending into Zambia and Zimbabwe; and the southern people in the central Kalahari towards the Molopo River, who are the last remnant of the previously extensive indigenous San of South Africa.
From the 1950s through the 1990s, the San switched to farming because of government-mandated modernisation programs. Despite the lifestyle changes, they have provided a wealth of information in anthropology and genetics. One broad study of African genetic diversity completed in 2009 found that the San were among the five populations with the highest measured levels of genetic diversity among the 121 distinct African populations sampled. The San are one of 14 known extant "ancestral population clusters," that is, "groups of populations with common genetic ancestry, who share ethnicity and similarities in both their culture and the properties of their languages."
Huge deserted beaches surrounded by dunes, where boats masks have forgotten the company only the remains of unfortunate creatures are called skeletons Coast. This side of the Atlantic, east of Namibia, is the gateway to the Namib Desert, which follows the Kalahari. There we find groups Bushmen and Himba, atavistic residents of these arid regions. The Bushmen demonstrate their integration in the most hostile of friendly means by hunting and gathering techniques. Joining them pursue their prey poisoned arrows wounds on an expedition lasting several days and observe the survival of an entire clan in the harsh dry season. The Himba us their nomadic life, in which everything revolves around the goats and cows grazing. Among its strongest features see the symbolism of their hair and body ornam...
▶ SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/PlanetDoc Full Documentaries every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday! The bushmen once ranged over the entire continent, but they were displaced by Bantus pushing south. They took refuge in the Kalahari and namib deserts long before the arrival of the Europeans. Those who did not reach safety in the desert were exterminated or enslaved by the Bantus and the white people. It’s not surprising that the majority have alcohol problems. Luckily there are still some families holding onto their culture and traditions… including their hunting methods. Their most powerful weapon comes from under ground. Using metal bars they dig holes looking for the round objects that they’ll use to prepare a powerful poison. Back at camp, the men prepare to make the poison mixture. Then...
Deze eenvoudig gemonteerde video is door Werner gefilmd tijdens een tocht die wij samen met Bosjesmannen maakten in de Kalahari (NO van Namibie). Te zien zijn o.a. hun gebarentaal (en kliktaal te horen), sporen lezen, springhaas jacht, een gegraven waterput, de handboor, bessen plukken, uitgraven-, slacht en bereiden van een stekelvarken. Deze video heeft eerder op ons kanaal gestaan, maar toen klopte de volgorde niet.
http://www.africafreak.com Water is the source of life, and for the bushmen people this is no exception. However, there are no "bottle stores" in the Kalahari desert, so people who live there have had to adapt to their environment in order to survive.
Excerpt from: The Journey of Man PBS and National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1212_021213_journeyofman.html Full video at: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Man-Dr-Spencer-Wells/dp/B0000AYL48 Excerpt for educational purposes only. See Fair Use "How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists."
A community in the Western Kalahari Desert, Botswana, dances around a fire...with the children joining in following their elders.
The San Bushmen have roamed the Kalahari Desert of Botswana for thousands of years. Now their culture is being threatened by development and relocation. Follow WSJ's professional wander, Jeff Bush as he travels with a Bushman shaman who is attempting to save his culture with music and dancing.
Is it possible there is a place, yet untouched by the Space Age? Along with cameraman, Warren Garth, and a ranger of the South American National Parks, Marlin Perkins visits such a place and meets it primitive inhabitants, the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. These gentle people live in the distant past, hunting with arrows they've made themselves and drawing on stone and skin surfaces. Marlin interviews the hunters at their camp and records their conversation and beautiful music. Observing the women and children as they anxiously await the hunters' return, he realizes that the gap of developmental levels around the world cannot change the basic sameness of people everywhere, even here, in this "lost world" of the Kalahari Bushmen.
Охота бушменов на дикобразов, в которой мы принимали участие, снята от начала до конца Съемки сделаны в Ботсване недалеко от селения Xai Xai рядом с границей Намибии в апреле 2013г.
The Kalahari Bushmen (2002): The controversial relocation of Kalahari Bushmen by the government of Botswana has provoked international condemnation. For downloads and more information visit http://journeyman.tv/11580/short-films/church-of-bones.html The Kalahari Bushmen have lived in the desert for over 30,000 years. "This is where we belong," states a member proudly. However, the government disagrees. Last February, they ruled that the Bushmen must move out of the desert into settlement centres. Protestors claim they are being moved to allow foreign companies to mine diamonds and regarded the gems as tainted as blood diamonds. But government official Eric Molale maintains the move is "for their own good and the good of the nation." Since then their mobile health clinics have been close...