Posted on 11/16/2020 12:10:13 PM PST by Red Badger
(Photos Courtesy of Korchnoi Pasaribu)
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A stunning ocular photoshoot has been shared on social media featuring an indigenous Indonesian island tribe full of people with startling blue eyes.
The members of the Buton Island tribe have what is known as Waardenburg syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects pigmentation and that can cause congenital hearing loss.
Korchnoi Pasaribu, a geologist from Jakarta, Indonesia, captured the sapphire gazes of several tribe members on camera on Sept. 17. His pictures created quite the internet buzz, going viral on Instagram and drawing attention to the unique and distinctive Buton tribe.
Epoch Times Photo
At 38 years old, Pasaribu has been documenting rural areas of Indonesia since September 2019—a hobby that is easy to maintain alongside his field work in geology.
“I actually work as a geologist, at nickel mining,” he told DailyMail. “Photography is my hobby.”
After documenting many tribes and cultural heritages throughout Indonesia, Pasaribu said he found the blue-eyed tribe strikingly unique and inspiring.
“Blue eyes are unique and beautiful and they are my inspiration,” he said. “Blue is the favorite eye color for me.”
Pasaribu’s Instagram followers seem persuaded by his work. His pictures have generated tens of thousands of likes and comments from admirers.
“Very exotic, very rare,” wrote one commenter. “Very beautiful.”
Others shared that the photo subjects looked like “models,” and that it was hard to believe they weren’t wearing contact lenses.
As unbelievable as it may be to some, the blue eye color is very real.
The rainforest-covered Buton Island is the 19th-largest island of Indonesia and home to the Buton people, which includes several smaller tribes.
Waardenburg syndrome affects some of these tribespeople, leaving them with an extremely rare combination of bright ocean-blue eyes and russet skin.
The syndrome, which affects an estimated 1 out of 42,000 people, can also cause bright-blue eyes, two different-colored eyes, and in some cases, lighter patches of hair or skin.
The result is a striking, beautiful contrast in color.
After documenting the beauty of the Buton tribe, Pasaribu continues to capture life throughout rural Indonesia. But the iconic photographs from his time on Buton Island have already made a memorable impression on the internet.
And all this time I thought Mengele had died in a South American drowning incident.
The blue eyes that many of us have are derived from the same mutation. It occurred once and all of us with blue eyes are related back to that incident.
Blue-Eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor
Date:January 31, 2008
Source:University of Copenhagen
Summary:New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.
"Did Romans have blue eyes noticeably in the gene pool?"
Probably.
The Greeks and later the Romans had a sexual taste for Nordic types, male and female.
They would make sex slave raids to the Scandinavian countries to fill that demand.
Thanks...interesting item
They probably eat a lot of blueberries.
Coincidently, I believe the US Navy makes raids into Thailand and the Philippines, for similar purposes in modern times.
They call them “Port Calls” now though, not raids.
I think it’s got to be older than 10k bp . Cheddar Man is that old.
I apologise, it was me.
30 years ago in the jungle, I barely made it when my Cosair was shot down over Borneo.
Raft carried me to Indonesia, and I survived.
The native women couldn’t keep their hands off of me. What could I do?
I was eventually rescued by a sub.
Got ya.
5.56mm
"I think it’s got to be older than 10k bp . Cheddar Man is that old."
My grandmother (Mrs Smith) has the same DNA as Cheddar Man.
Ancient DNA (Cheddar Man, Otzi, Etc)
DNA Suggests 10,000-Year-Old Brit Had Dark Skin, Blue Eyes
I had a friend, in high school, who had the same thing. She wore a brown contact, in the blue eye, and blue contact in the brown eye.
It didn’t even out the two colors, but, it did make it less noticable.
Val Kilmer doing blackface?
:D
Well Jack Kennedy was Marooned in the Pacific for a period.
Interesting...2 thumbs up...
The eyes in the first picture are the same color as my eyes, but then I’m of White, Northern European descent. So not so unusual.
My Birman kitty has 'em too! ;o)
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