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The Forest People - Colin Turnbull

 
Description: ISBN 0712659579 / Author: Colin Turnbull / Genre: Science / Nature / An anthopological study of the Pygmy people of the Ituri Forest, ... more
The Forest People - Colin Turnbull ... Africa.

Newest Review: ... the would-be musician/philosopher that when he stumbled across the Pygmies he would conclude his anthropological studies and ... more

 ... return to live among them for three years. He shared their laughter, their purity, their hopes, their dreams and their magical and mysterious forest. Throughout his time with the Pygmies, Turnbull was gradiently accepted into their culture. He was welcomed into their village, shared their food, spoke their language and joined in their constant and hearty laughter, even being allowed witness to the haunting beauty of their secret and sacred music. He wallowed in their society - developed over thousands of ...more

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Premium Review The Forest People - Colin Turnbull: "Raindrops the size of lemons" (639 words)
by - written on 31/01/01 (Very useful, 2579 readings)
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Do you ever wonder whatever happened to the characters in the fairy tales you were told as child. . . the ones that would make you feel all warm and happy inside? Somehow these feelings of wonderment seems to fade in direct proportion to responsibility and the aggregation of years. But wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to recapture those faint echoes of magic. . .to bask in Never-Never land again, to climb the beanstalk. . .? You can. . . . . .There's a place a long, long way away, where tree trunks are the size of houses, leaves as big as a roof and raindrops the size of lemons. This is the Ituri Forest deep in the heart of Africa, where, under ...  Read the complete review

 

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