Chapter Seventy-Three: The Rite of Death
After waiting for a long time, Zheng Jing saw Ramsel come out of the house.
Seeing Zheng Jing sitting in the corridor, he took off his rainproof clothes and said, "Let's go in."
Seeing that Ramselle was in a bad mood, Zheng Jing didn't know what to say.
Sitting on the stall, Ramsel took a sip of water, was silent for a while, and said: "Tomorrow our tribe will hold a ceremony for the dead people, and you can take a look at it then."
Hearing this, Zheng Jing took out his mobile phone, looked at it and found that there was no signal, opened the picture, found the edited video, opened it and handed it to him.
Ramsel took the phone, saw the picture in the video, and asked curiously: "Why is there anyone here?"
Zheng Jing explained to him what appeared in the video, and then took a picture of him with his mobile phone.
Ramsel only learned at this time that this thing called a mobile phone could record people and pictures.
watched the video intently for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "You asked me to watch this, you don't want to shoot tomorrow's ceremony, right?"
In the end, it was the chief of a tribe, and after a little thought, he understood why Zheng Jing let him see this.
Zheng Jing didn't think about hiding it, took down the camera hanging on his chest, and said to him: "That's right, I want to film the ceremony held by your tribe tomorrow, I don't know if it's okay."
Ramsel looked at the video and saw that the living conditions in the video were different from those of the tribe, which reminded him of what the previous chief had told him.
"Yes, you can follow us tomorrow."
Zheng Jing was very happy to hear that Ramsel had agreed to shoot him tomorrow.
"Thank you for your consent, don't worry, I will only shoot from the sidelines when the time comes, and I won't make trouble."
Zheng Jing still knows to some extent that this Maca tribe is not the kind of cannibal tribe, just a mysterious ordinary tribe.
"I've been to several countries, and the videos on this are all from those countries, so you can watch them."
Zheng Jing found out all the videos for Ramsel, and then told him about the countries of these videos.
Ramsel, after Zheng Jing's explanation, also knew what the state was.
These countries, like tribes, are just much larger than tribes.
For the curiosity of the outside world, Ramsel took the mobile phone and looked at it intently.
Seeing Ramsel watching the video intently, Zheng Jing also took out a piece of leather and looked at it.
There are very few words on this leather, just two lines.
After reading the words above, Zheng Jing took out another piece of leather from the box.
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After looking at the leather in the box, Zheng Jing was a little disappointed.
Judging from the information on these leathers, none of these deceased chiefs said that the tribe came from there, and the most one of the chiefs only said that they were going to the outside world, and did not say anything about going to the outside world.
Why the tribes migrated to the rainforest is also not documented.
Putting the leather back in, Zheng Jing saw that Ramsel was watching the video with a longing expression.
Hearing the sound of the box closing, Ramselle looked up and asked, "Are you finished?"
"After reading it, there is no important information recorded on it."
Ramsel was not surprised to hear this and handed him the phone.
Stretching his waist, he picked up the chieftain's scepter on the side and stood up and said, "Now that the rain has stopped, do you want to go out and have a look?"
"Okay."
Coming outside, Zheng Jing found that many people had come out of the house.
When these tribesmen saw Ramsel and Zheng Jing come out, they all stood respectfully in place, waiting for them to pass.
Coming to a house, Zheng Jing could hear the cry coming from inside.
The man who died was in it.
Ramsel did not go in again, but took Zheng Jing to walk around the tribe.
Seeing the young Maka tribesmen on the side, Zheng Jing realized that he didn't seem to have seen very old people in the tribe.
"Chief Ramsel, how come I haven't seen the elders in the tribe."
Hearing this, Ramsel sighed, pointed to the trees outside the tribe and said: "Because of the environment, we basically can't live for fifty years, just like Kunad, who died just now, do you know how many years he lived?"
"How many years?"
"Forty-three years."
Seeing Zheng Jing's surprised look, Ramsel continued: "Isn't it surprised, in fact, Kunad has lived for a long time, most of the clansmen have lived for forty years, and some have only lived for more than thirty years."
Hearing Ramsel's words, Zheng Jing knew why the tribe had not seen the old man, it turned out that they would not live to that time.
Feeling the gradually rising temperature, it is indeed difficult for humans to survive in this hot and humid rainforest.
Not to mention those poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, let's just say that rheumatism is a terminal disease that they can't avoid.
Thinking about it this way, it is a fortune telling to live to be forty years old here.
When he returned, Ramsel took Zheng Jing to a house, which was very empty and there was nothing in it.
"No one has lived in this house, you can rest here at night, and I'll have someone clean it up later."
Zheng Jing looked at the house and nodded with satisfaction, as long as you don't have to sleep with others, it doesn't matter if the place is simple.
Seeing Zheng Jing's agreement, Ramsel went outside and called a few people over and asked them to clean the house.
Then he asked for two skins more than a meter long to be brought and placed in the house.
By the time the house was cleaned up, it was getting dark.
Because of the arrival of Zheng Jing, a guest, the Maca tribe still held a welcome ceremony for him in the evening.
At the welcoming ceremony, Zheng Jing was welcomed by all the young girls of the Maca tribe.
Although they didn't have any clothes on them, Zheng Jing still had no sexual interest.
He doesn't like to eat black chocolate.
Following.
Coming out of the house, Zheng Jing took out the satellite phone and looked at the time, it was just past six o'clock in the morning, and there were already people in the tribe who were already busy.
Because yesterday a tribesman died, today the tribe will hold a death ceremony for the deceased.
Zheng Jing was very curious about this ceremony.
After checking the camera and finding that there was no problem, Zheng Jing prepared to go to Ramsel.
When he saw Chief Ramsel, Zheng Jing noticed that he was dressed very solemnly today.
In particular, he wears a crown of red and blue feathers on his head, and his face is painted in black and white.
He also wears a necklace made up of animal bones around his neck.
On the lower half of his body, he also wears shorts made of deerskin.
When he came over, Ramsel took the scepter and said, "How was your rest last night?"
"I slept well."
"Okay, let's go, let's go eat first, and after eating, the ceremony will begin."
When I came to the outside of the house, there were already people bringing food.
During the meal, Zheng Jing found that the men, women and children of the Maca tribe were painted in black and white on their faces.
In addition, many men wear crowns made of colored feathers on their heads.
Ramsel saw that Zheng Jing was always staring at the feather crown on the head of the clansman, and said with a smile: "These crowns are beautiful, right?" They did it themselves. ”
"Do it yourself?"
"Yes, I do, every one of them goes to the rainforest to hunt birds when they reach adulthood, and makes a crown out of the most beautiful feathers on their tails.
Only men with feathered crowns can marry and have children.
If a man can't even make a tiara, no woman will marry him. ”
After listening to Ramselle's words, he realized that this crown still had such a function.
Zheng Jing had always thought that this crown was just to show his status in the tribe, or simply to look good.
Who knows if it has something to do with lifelong events.
After eating, Zheng Jing saw that Ramsel was arranging what the clansmen would do.
After the arrangement, Zheng Jing followed him with a camera.
Coming to the outside of the deceased's house, there were already four people waiting.
Because of the climate of the rainforest, the corpses had begun to emit a stench after a night of placement.
After waiting outside the house for a while, Zheng Jing saw that all the clansmen in the tribe had come over.
Zheng Jing took a look and found that there was a waist drum on the woman's waist.
I don't know how it will be used.
I saw that all the people had arrived.
Ramser said a word to the four people in front of the door, and the four entered the house.
Ramsel pulled Zheng Jing back a little, and then saw the four people carrying the body out of the house.
The corpse was covered with animal skins, and it was not clear what it looked like.
As the body came out, Chief Ramsel approached the body and tapped it lightly with his scepter from head to toe.
Then he took a wooden bowl from the hand of one of his clansmen.
Zheng Jing looked inside and found that the bowl was filled with white paint.
Under the camera, Ramsel holds a red feather, dips it in paint, and then applies it to the face of the deceased.
When he finished smearing, Zheng Jing saw Ramsel holding up the chief's scepter and speaking in a language he did not understand.
Finally, the gate of the tribe opened, and the women wearing waist drums walked in front in two groups, tapping gently.
Behind them were four clansmen carrying the corpses, and behind them were men with weapons in their hands and shouting loudly.
Zheng Jing followed the side of the team and filmed the death ritual with a camera.
Walking into the rainforest, Chief Ramsel beckoned to Zheng Jing.
When Zheng Jing came over, he heard Ramsel say to him: "We are now going to the valley area ahead, and you should pay more attention to insects and poisonous snakes outside the team."
Zheng Jing nodded and continued to follow the team to shoot.
After walking for about ten minutes, Zheng Jing suddenly heard the sound of water flowing in front of him.
It seems that the river valley area is ahead.
As the team walked out of the forest, a river more than five meters wide appeared in front of them.
Zheng Jing saw the river, opened the map and looked at it, and found that it was a tributary of the Congo River.
This tributary is long, passes through the rainforest, and finally flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Chief Ramsel came to the front of the procession, looked at the river in front of him, clutched the scepter in both hands, and prayed aloud.
After praying, Zheng Jing saw the four men carrying the body on the ground, and then Chief Ramser washed his hands in the river and threw the water on the body.
After this step was completed, the following Maca people gathered around the corpse, jumping around and singing the clan song.
After singing, the people carried the corpse of the tribesman and put him into the turbulent river.
Look at the corpses that have gone away with the river, and don't leave here until they are out of sight.
At this time, the death ritual officially ends.
Back in the tribe, Zheng Jing approached Chief Ramsel and told him about his departure.
Ramsel did not expect Zheng Jing to leave so early.
In fact, Zheng Jing didn't want to leave so early, but he still had a treasure map in his hand, and although this tribe was very mysterious, he didn't want to know about it anymore.
Seeing that Zheng Jing had already thought about leaving, Chief Ramsel did not stop him, and when he left, Ramsel called all the people out to see him off.
Seeing Zheng Jing disappear from view, Ramsel returned to the tribe with his people.