Chicks told Li Du a lot about the traditions of the Haza'i people.

He said that the history of their nation is not recorded in writing, but is passed down by word of mouth.

But in the vast savannah, they are not alone. Irakul, Datuga, Isansu, Sukuma, Ilamba, Maasai and so on, they have communicated and lived together with many ethnic groups since ancient times.

The various indigenous peoples have their own language, and they have a common second language, Kiswahili, which makes communication possible.

The tribes had their own territory, and the Haza'is exchanged their prey for metal arrows made by the Datuga, tents made of animal skins by the Isansu, and girls from the Sukuma.

Polygamy is common in many parts of the continent, with at least 10 cows in exchange for a wife.

In this respect, the Hazais are closer to modern society, and their ethnic group is almost exclusively monogamous.

Li Du said: "It's amazing, obviously, you respect women more." ”

Cheeks smiled and said, "No, it's because my people are not good at accumulating wealth, and they can't exchange extra wives without wealth accumulation. ”

The highly educated Chicks was honest and told Lidu that the Hazais did not maintain a high degree of fidelity to their marriages, and that although they did not have multiple wives at the same time, they would constantly change partners.

However, the women of Hazai are very strong, they accept polygamy verbally, but if their husbands dare to have affairs, they will be furious, fight with their husbands, take children into other families, and use all kinds of means to clean up their husbands.

Later, Sophie also came here, and the Hazais were even more happy, and a young man gave Sophie a straw head ring with some bright feathers of birds on it, which was very beautiful.

Sophie smiled in acceptance, and Cheeks told Lyce, "This child loves your wife. ”

Li Du said: "That shows that his aesthetic vision is very good." ”

Cheeks froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.

He liked Li Du's open-mindedness and kindness very much, so after breakfast, when the hunters of the tribe were about to go hunting, Cheeks warmly invited Li Du to participate.

Li Du thought about it for a while, went to communicate with the lion hunter, said that he was going to experience the hunting life of the Haza'i people, and asked the lion hunter if he was interested.

The lion hunter said, "They only hunt mice and birds, what's the point? I'm going to hunt lions today, are you sure you won't come with me?"

Li Du has no interest in hunting beasts, and the Ah Ao and Ah Meow he raises are fierce beasts, and the act of hunting them will make them feel uneasy.

In this way, the two sides were temporarily separated, and he and Sophie joined the hunting procession of the Haza'is.

The Haza'i people generally do not accept women into the tribe, but because Sophie gave the children a lot of chocolate, milk candy and other small snacks, and because she has a very elegant temperament, she is welcomed by the tribe.

Because different tribes have different appreciation of beauty, Sophie with exquisite looks is not a beauty in the eyes of the Haza'i people, in their opinion, tall and fat women are more attractive, and the fat body shape points to greater fertility possibilities, and also indicates healthier.

The Hazai people may not think that Sophie is beautiful, but the temperament is figured out, and this beauty can hit the soul of people, so people still like her.

Big Ivan brought liquor to the Haza'is, who he thought would like the strong drink, which was boycotted.

The Hazais are not good at drinking, they get drunk when they drink their own fruit wine, and these people have no self-control, and once they get drunk, they will make trouble.

As a result, most of the Hazai tribes have rules that prohibit outside alcohol from being accepted.

But the people were very interested in the iron flasks brought by Big Ivan, and they poured out the wine and used it to hold fresh water.

Big Ivan was in pain: "For God's sake, don't pour it out, it's the vodka I brought out from Ukraine!"

After the sun rises, the hunters are ready to go.

They domesticated dogs, but they didn't take them to hunt, but to guard the camp.

More than 20 hunters formed a team, they walked briskly on the grass, gathered in twos and threes to chat, with smiles on their faces, living relaxed and happy.

After walking for a while, the hunter in front suddenly stopped and shouted excitedly: "Xi Xizha!"

The hunters hurled over at once, stooped down and plucked away the weeds with their javelins, and searched the ground for something.

Cheeks turned around and explained, "They found prairie mice. ”

Li Du asked, "This is also food?"

Cheeks said with a smile: "Of course, this is good food, prairie wild mice eat grass seeds and fruits to survive, and they are not dirty. And it doesn't have attack power, how can we not like it?"

The people found a few burrows in the weeds, then found some hay, lifted their leather skirts and peed on them.

Sophie turned her head in embarrassment, and Cheeks apologized to her, saying that Hazai's hunters lacked etiquette in this regard.

The hay gets wet, they stuff it into the hole** and light it with the lighter they carry with them.

Soon, some smoke filled the air.

The hunters blew smoke into the holes, and some of the holes came out of the smoked mice, and the hunters waited for the rats to come out and catch one by one.

Li Du saw the lighter they were using and asked, "Actually, you don't mind accepting the culture of the outside world, and you don't mind changing some traditions, right?"

Cheeks nodded, "Yes, small changes are fine. ”

Li Du felt that they were very conflicted, on the one hand, they maintained the traditions of the tribe, and on the other hand, they accepted change.

Cheeks saw his confusion and explained it to him.

In fact, there are countless opportunities for Hazabis to say goodbye to safari life.

In Tanzania, the government has repeatedly tried to help or force the Khazais to move out of their homeland and live a settled life, but these efforts have ultimately failed and have failed.

In 1965, for example, the newly independent Tanzanian government forcibly relocated the Hazai to settlements with heavily armed police and equipped them with schools and hospitals.

Tragically, just a few weeks later, many Khazais began to fall ill and many died. The following year, most of the Khazais left the settlement and returned to a nomadic life.

From the 70's to the 90's, the local government continued to work tirelessly for the settlement of the Hazabis. However, all the efforts eventually fell into the sea.

Today, a very small number of Hazais still live in former settlements, waiting for food from the government to provide them with gratuitous assistance, while the vast majority still return to their traditional nomadic life.

They chatted for a while, and the prairie mice here were swept away.

The hunters tied the rats together with ropes and hung them around their waists or on their shoulders, and they looked very happy with the smiles on their faces.

Looking at this scene, Cheeks smiled: "Our people have a natural habit of hunting, as long as they can harvest prey, they will be happy. ”

"In the twenty-first century, the two hardest things for people to get are health and happiness, and lo and behold, my people are happy because of their nomadic health, so why should we change this life?"