The Forest People
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Turnbull, Collin / Turnbull, Colin M., PUBLISHER: Touchstone Books, "ong>Theong> Forest People" -- Colin M. Turnbull's best-selling, classic work -- describes ong>theong> author's experiences while living with ong>theong> BaMbuti Pygmies, not as a clinical observer, but as ong>theong>ir friend learning ong>theong>ir customs and sharing ong>theong>ir daily life. Turnbull conveys ong>theong> lives and feelings of ong>theong> BaMbuti whose existence centers on ong>theong>ir intense love for ong>theong>ir forest world, which, in return for ong>theong>ir affection and trust, provides ong>theong>ir every need. We witness ong>theong>ir hunting parties and nomadic camps; ong>theong>ir love affairs and ancient ceremonies -- ong>theong> "molimo, " in which ong>theong>y praise ong>theong> forest as provider, protector, and deity; ong>theong> "elima, " in which ong>theong> young girls come of age; and ong>theong> "nkumbi" circumcision rites, in which ong>theong> villagers of ong>theong> surrounding non-Pygmy tribes attempt to impose ong>theong>ir culture on ong>theong> Pygmies, whose forest home ong>theong>y dare not enter. "ong>Theong> Forest People" eloquently shows us a people who have found in ong>theong> forest something that makes ong>theong>ir life more than just living -- a life that, with all its hardships and problems and tragedies, is a wonderful thing of happiness and joy.