The Menehune?
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unless there’s video, i’m not buying it ...
I bet they were mean little bastards. Wee Folk, my arse.
Article is kind of dodgy.
Yes this is a recent finding and a very small tribe (maybe 0.03% of Taiwan’s population) of aboriginals in Taiwan know this ceremony.
But the photo of the ceremony taking place in China makes little sense. Unless it was some sort of show as part of a Japanese-Chinese cultural exchange.
Aren’t there presently pygmies in Africa?
SS,DD.
They’ve already ‘proved’ the existence of another “little people,” the 1-meter tall Homo floresiensis of Indonesia.
Been there. Roasted their asses and fed them to the K9s. Worthless little bastards. would have Should have fed them to the chickens.
SHORT PEOPLE!
Donna Shalala and Barbara Mikulski’s ancestors.
I was stationed in the PI from ‘83-’85. As a Naval Aviator I had the opportunity to go to JEST, (Jungle Environment Survival School). The Negrito instructors were excellent. Short in stature, but wise in the ways of the jungle. I learned which jungle vines I could cut and get fresh water from. I learned how to get water from the broad leaves of certain plants. I learned the things you could eat and survive on, and the things not to eat. They taught me how to make a hammock out of jungle vines to sleep on, to keep me away from the creepy crawlies on the jungle floor. I spent 2 of the worst nights of my life getting eaten alive by bugs, but I learned a lot. Miserable, but excellent training. 3rd best training I ever had in the military.
Navy flight school, which was super challenging and shaped my life and provided me with a career is #1.
2nd best training was SERE School, (Survivor, Evasion, Rescue, and Escape). It’s notorious for the waterboarding. There’s a lot more to it than that. Most of my fellow newly winged aviators came away from that school with one of 2 attitudes. 1. I’m going to ride it in, or 2. I’ve learned that I can survive anything. Bring it on. I was in the latter group.
Anyway, back to the Negritos, they were excellent in their role as instructors. After the school I had the opportunity to buy some of their blow guns, cross bows, and a cool machete which was made from an old leaf spring from a military jeep. I still have that, and have put it to good use over the last 40 years. The rest I gave away as gifts, and I wish I still had them.
The Negritos were recognized as a separate people in the PI back then, and it doesn’t surprise me that they settled Taiwan, too.
We know at least two of their names: Bilbo and Frodo
“However, the legend says the Ta’ai people harassed the Saisiyat women, and eventually the ancient Saisiyat people decided they had enough and killed almost all of the Ta’ai people.”
LOL.
The article does not contain a description of how tall they were.
Evolution always on the move now we have many large people and small brains all over the place.