Hazda Tribe In Western Society

The Hazda tribe within the Amazon is powerful, strong and resilient. They live within dangerous conditions including poisonous animals, poisonous plants, and weather conditions that could be fatal to anyone that cannot adapt quickly. People in the western world may consider their way of living outdated and not efficient but in light of globalization and an increasingly interconnected world, the rest of the world can learn a vast amount of knowledge from the Hazda- from their lifestyle, how free they appear to be, and even how they use all parts of their supplies taken from nature. For example, when Michael was talking about things he appreciated from the Hazda, he stated “There are things I envy about the Hazda- mostly, how free they appear to be. Free from possessions. Free of most social duties.

Free from religious strictures.

Free of many family responsibilities. Free from schedules, jobs, bosses, bills, traffic, taxes, laws, news and money. Free from worry. Free to burp and fart without apology, to grab food and smoke and run shirtless through the thorns.” (Finkel, 7). From this quote, it is clear that western society puts many restrictions on people which causes an effect that people cannot grow from, expand from, and develop themselves into being who they want to be without facing consequences from the implications from society. However those who decide to live just as the Hazda do, face strong judgement, prejudice and hardship through their lives as they decide not to conform to what society deemed acceptable. People within society who are prejudice against the selection of the population that decide to be unique have much to learn from the Hazda as they do not judge those who are different, but instead live their own lives to the fullest

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The Hazda culture is fascinating in many ways. They face hardship every day and have learned to adapt to them at the same time. Hazda society on the other hand is also abstract and different compare to western society. They do not have personal possessions, social duties to perform, religion is not a big aspect in society, family responsibilities is shared throughout the whole tribe, and they also do not follow or enforce schedules, jobs, bosses, bills, traffic laws, taxes, news and money. Each individual within their boundaries lives on their own terms- sleeping when they wish, living how they want, do not raise their own food or livestock, and even live without calendars. For example, in the article it is stated that “The Hazda do not engage in warfare. They never lived densely enough to be seriously threatened by an infectious outbreak. They have no known history of famine; rather, there is evidence of people from a farming group coming to live with them during the time of crop failure. The Hazda diet remains even today a more stable and varied then that of most of the world’s citizens. They enjoy an extraordinary amount of leisure time. Anthropologists have estimate they “work”- actively pursue food- four to six hours a day. And over all these thousands of years, they’ve left hardly more than a footprint on the land.” (Finkel, 2). The quote expands and clearly explains many of the things that make the Hazda unique within themselves and their culture. After researching information about tribes, I believe that in the future the government in the countries that support Tribes such as the Hazda will quickly fight to control the land where the tribes live and kick them so that they can make a profit from the land such as building homes and making it a suburban area, logging the land, mining for natural resources, and even using the land to capitalize on it by creating tourist spots, malls and other places they can create major profits from. Due to this situation, it forces them to integrate into the modern world which can be very problematic as they have lived in a completely different world for many years and also hold different morals compared to the modern society. The tribes that would be evacuated and forced to integrate with the modern world would also be ridiculed, prejudiced, and create a negative area for them which will lead to alcoholism, drugs, and stealing, depression and many other issues that people such as the Native Americans that have been forced into the modern world have gone through.