A Colombian woman has been giving people something to talk about on social networks for showing that in the world we live in there are still many things to discover. Why? Well went viral for showing the reaction of an old man who first saw what his face looks like. Grandpa is a respected person from a cannibal tribe.
Alejandra Ramírez (alejandra.travels) shared in instagram who met silaca grandfather of the tribe of korowai that lives in distant New Guinea Island, where the content creator tells us that the man saw his face on the screen: “Will it be the first time? I don’t know, but he does look very surprised.”says the influencer.
And he tells us how the moment came about: “I was recording myself and he came from behind to see why he was talking on the cell phone and that is how this moment was saved. for me it was magical, how he arrived, how he was seen with love, how he recognized himself and then continued his normal life, as if nothing had happened. One moment and that’s it”.
respond to critics
And it is that, despite the korowai They are visited by not a few tourists, they have refused to adopt customs “civilized” to maintain their identity, to the point that they do not know the age of each of their members.
But, anticipating potential criticism, the colombian makes the clarification: “I did not steal their identity or change their life, they are still intact. The problem is El Oro, the internal war since 1961, that the Indonesian government removed them from their lands. And I am giving voice to those bigger problems, to much harsher realities. Let’s not lose focus because of empty opinions without context”.
divided opinions
Immediately, thousands of people gave their point of viewmany of these in favor, others somewhat dissonant.
“They are people who have not had any vaccine in their lives, they may be carrying diseases they don’t even know about”, “I suppose you don’t need to see yourself physically to know yourself”, “the savior syndrome is strong in the comments. People defending cultures to which they do not belong, of which they do not know their practices or convictions”.