RAINFOREST AND AFRICAN PYGMIESPhoto gallery with quotes from the book "The Forest Has You" and soundscapes
PHOTO: Food gathering in the rainforest (Baka Pygmies, Cameroon). SOUNDSCAPE: rainforest insect calls and Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) vocalizations "The forest fills you with its own being. It feeds you. It gives you food from its own mouth. In the eyes of the Baka every animal hunted, every fish caught or fruit picked is like an offering, a sacrifice that the forest makes of itself, a gift to be thankful for..." Luis Devin, The Forest Has You (La foresta ti ha - Castelvecchi/LIT Edizioni) |