Please list all the tribal societies.... healthy?

Question

please list all the tribal societies that are NOT facing endangerment or increasing isolation because of war and ARE still practicing ancient ways and are HEALTHY and HAPPY

Answer 1

Well, this is a difficult question to answer, simply because we become caught in a contradiction because of the structure of your question. This contradiction is the concept of "non isolation" vs. the practice of living in "ancient ways". The most traditional societies that I have participated with are also the most isolated, although not necessarily from war. One group that I believe fills your criteria relatively well are the people of Tanna Island in Vanuatu which consist of over a hundred separate tribes. Their geographical separation has allowed an impressive amount of cultural retention, although those who live near the ports have made significant modifications towards western ways. To hike up into the hills, however, is an amazing experience as you are greeted into the nakamel to partake in the bonding ritual of taking kava root, or eating a feast of lap lap together. They still conduct many ritual dances aimed towards harvests, and more importantly, they still believe that these rituals are truly important. I believe that the native Papua New Guineans from their interior would be very similar.

Compare this to the Massai or Samburu of East Africa, many of whom conduct their "ancient customs" as part of tourist exhibitions and then as soon as the tourists are gone they put on their T-shirts call their friends with their mobile phones and then go home to a stone house, not a cow manure on stick frame home as they would have you believe.

Other cultures like the Kung, the Raishaida Bedouin and the Australian aborigines have had their culture heavily modified by the governments which deem themselves to be responsible for these populations and hence implement mandatory education. Such an action not only restricts or prohibits the nomadic lifestyle that was typical of their ancient ways, but it also obliterates the skill sets that their children learn such that they no longer understand the way of nomadic life anyways after just a couple of generations.

Ironically, the one ethnic group in East Africa which I have witnessed to maintain their ancient ways are the Dasenech. The reason why this group has achieved this is because their nomadic range straddles the border of Ethiopia and Kenya and they are isolated by living in a geographically dry and desolate area. As-of-such this group avoids state legislation by crossing the border whenever they feel that one or the other government is becoming overly ambitious in controlling them, although this same ambiguity in their location also causes both the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments not to bother anyways and would rather say that the group is the other country's responsibility.

Overall, and I think that this is consistent between most traditional groups, as isolation decreases either the concept of "modernization" or the state that has "dominion" over these traditional groups tend to pervert these traditional cultures. Those which retain true un-orchestrated ancient ways and are still healthy and happy within their environment are those who are still isolated.

As for a comprehensive list of traditional tribal societies, I don't think that I could provide this because to truly "know" one would have to witness each society first hand.  Some tourists may even witness the Massai first hand and might be left believing that they were living traditionally, but someone like myself who has integrated with these societies during ecological studies in Kenya can tell you that while some still live semi-traditionally to say that they are still "practicing ancient ways" would be a faulty conclussion.  They are now much more sedentary and their most "nomadic" practice these days would be the act of their young "warrior class" catching the matatu (bus) to travel to a tourist resort to work as a traditional dancer.  Ironically even the major "traditional" display in Nairobi is a collection of traditional dances performed at bomas.  While the costumes and dances may change from act to act, the dancers remain the same, but hey, tourism is always one of the top industries in Kenya and successful tourism needs a good show, not a complicated show with hundreds of different ethnic dancers.  The obvious solution is to train the best dancers in all the tribal dances!

Answer 2

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