

There have been many attempts to track the tribal community but were unsuccessful.

The New Guinea Tribes look unique in terms of appearance, however tracking them is highly impossible. Some of the tribal groups are very violent that mainly involves in cannibalism. There are about 312 and above tribal groups in and around the New Guinea Island, but the Papuan Tribes have not approached the modern society till date. The New Guinea Tribes are commonly recognized as the “Papuan Tribes”, which is one of the most isolated tribe in the islands of New Guinea. The survey revealed that, exposure of Nukak people into modern civilization led to respiratory disorders, illness, diarrhoea and other deadly diseases being the major cause for their extinction. Many of the Nukak individuals get into depression as they have no sufficient land for hunting and fishing. Now, the community owns land worth half the size of a football field. Nukak people owned hefty acres of land for their livelihood few years ago, but was unfortunately ruptured by modern civilization. The tribal group is completely at their extinction stage due to malnutrition and other diseases. The Nukak-Maku People live in the tropical regions of Amazon forest between Inirida and Guaviare rivers.

They use poisonous frogs as well in order to defend themselves from intruders. Men generally hunt for frogs that contain a fluidic content in its body, which can contribute to strengthen the individual with initial side effect of vomiting and nausea. Illegal trespassing activities are seen in the Brazilian Amazon forest in the areas of Mayoruna, which fragile the settlement of tribal group. They become highly violent when an intruder is seen around the Matsés’s region. The tribal community resides in Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon forest. Mayoruna Tribes are also known as “ Matsés”, which consists of a total population of about 2,200 people. Men scar their body with blades and thrones when they kill the rivalry tribes, as symbol of pride. The piercing is carried out on a girl’s ears when she is in her puberty. The culture of Surma tribes majorly involves piercing a wooden plate right below the lip as a symbol of beauty. The rituals followed by the Surma tribes are pathetic, which mainly involves adapting the youngsters to feel the blood and pain of an individual. The Surma People are one of the tribal groups that avoided the global civilization by residing in South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia.
