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| INTRO
Introduction about Baka Pygmies
Pygmy camps and huts in the rainforest
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| DAILY ACTIVITIES
Pygmy hunters, hunting weapons and animals hunted by Baka Pygmies
Food gathering in the rainforest (yam, fruit, mushrooms...)
Fishing in the forest streams
Food preparation (wild game cooking, palm oil and manioc preparation...)
Material culture (making of panniers, mattings, baskets...)
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| MUSIC and RITUALS
Baka Pygmies music and musical instruments
Traditional dances of Baka Pygmies Baka Pygmies rite of initiation to the Spirit of the Forest |
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| PORTRAITS
Baka Pygmy children Baka Pygmy women Baka Pygmy men |
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| ENVIRONMENT
African rainforest: nature and landscapes of the Baka Pygmies forest Rivers and lakes of the rainforest |
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| RAINFOREST ANIMALS
Mammals (primates, antelopes, buffalos, leopards...)
Reptiles (crocodiles, lizards and snakes), birds, insects...
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| FIELDWORK in AFRICA
Becaming a member of a Baka Pygmy clan
Other African Pygmies (Bagyeli Pygmies, Bedzan Pygmies, Aka Pygmies...)
Bamiléké, Bamoun, Tikar...
Bafut, Bali, Bamenda...
Other ethnic groups from Central Africa
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| Publications and Works in progress agout Pygmies
Baka Pygmies of Cameroon (monographical essay)
The musical instruments of Baka Pygmies (ethnomusicological essay)
Pygmies of the Cameroonian rainforest (photographic book)
The Spirit of the Forest (ethnographic novel)
Baka Pygmy Music (2 audio CD - Ethnic music)
Baka Pygmies of Cameroon - Culture and Music (CD-Rom)
People of the Forest - Baka Pygmies (DVD - Ethnographic documentary)
African Pygmies (photographic exposition)
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The new Baka Pygmies website, designed and maintained by the Italian anthropologist Mauro Campagnoli, contains over one hundred and a half photos about the life and the traditional activities of this Pygmy group, and some ethnographic descriptions serving as introduction to the Baka Pygmy culture. Photos are added periodically after every new research expedition.
A special thank goes to the Baka Pygmies who make it possible to the author to live in the rainforest and to do his anthropological fieldwork in their camps.
Short multilanguage site description - Français: Les Pygmées Baka de l'Afrique Centrale (Cameroun, Congo et Gabon). Culture, musique et rites d'initiation des Pygmées Baka, avec photos et notes ethnographiques. Images de chasse, cueillette, culture matérielle, danses traditionnelles, et photos de la forêt équatoriale africaine où vivent les Pygmées - Italiano: I Pigmei Baka dell'Africa centrale (Camerun, Congo e Gabon). Cultura, musica e rituali dei Pigmei Baka, con foto e note etnografiche. Contiene immagini di caccia, raccolta, pesca, cultura materiale, danze tradizionali, foto della foresta equatoriale africana in cui vivono i Pigmei, foto della flora e della fauna centro-africana. Presenta inoltre il rito d'iniziazione dei Pigmei Baka a cui è stato sottoposto l'antropologo italiano Mauro Campagnoli, video e foto di Pigmei nella loro vita quotidiana e rituale, una foto gallery delle ricerche, ed esempi di musica pigmea - English: Baka Pygmies of Central Africa (Cameroon, Congo and Gabon). Culture, music and rituals of Baka Pygmies, photos and ethnographic notes. Includes images of hunting, gathering, fishing, material culture, traditional dances, photos of the African rainforest where the Pygmies live, and photos of central African flora and fauna. Presents also the rite of initiation of Baka Pygmies, attended by the Italian anthropologist Mauro Campagnoli, videos and photos of Pygmies during their daily and ritual life in the equatorial forest, a fieldwork photo gallery, and examples of pygmy music - Español: Los Pigmeos Baka de África central (Camerún, Congo y Gabón). Cultura, música y rituales de iniciación de los Pigmeos Baka, con fotos y notas etnográficas - Incluye imágenes de caza, recolección, cultura material, danzas tradicionales, y fotos de la selva ecuatorial africana donde viven los Pigmeos - Deutsch: Baka Pygmäen - Zentralafrika (Kamerun, Kongo und Gabun). Kultur und Musik der Baka Pygmäen, mit Fotos und ethnographischen Anmerkungen. Bilder von Jagd, Sammeltätigkeiten, materieller Kultur, traditionellen Tänzen, und Fotos von afrikanischen Regenwald, wo die Pygmäen leben - Português: Os Pigmeus Baka de África central (Camarões, Congo e Gabão). Cultura, música e ritos de iniciação dos Pigmeus Baka, com fotos e notas etnográficas. Inclui imagens de caça, colheita , cultura material, danças tradicionais, e fotos da floresta africana onde vivem os pigmeus - Svenska: Baka Pygméerna i Central Afrika (Kamerun, Kongo och Gabon). Kultur och musik av de första urinvånarna i Afrika (Pygméerna), fotos och antropologiskt fältarbete - Pусский: Пигмеи Бака (Африка - Камерун, Конго и Габон) - 日本語: バカ・ピグミー (アフリカ、カメルーン、コンゴ、ガボン) 文化、音楽、写真、人類学 - Nederlands: De Baka Pygmeeën van Centraal Afrika (Kameroen, Congo-Brazzaville en Gabon). Cultuur en muziek van Baka Pygmeeën, met fotos en antropologische onderzoek - 简体中文版: 非洲侏儒 (卡麦隆、刚果, 加蓬) 文化、音乐、相片, 人类学 - 繁體中文版: 非洲侏儒 (卡麥隆、剛果, 加蓬) 非洲侏儒(卡麥隆、剛果, 加蓬 - Polski: Pigmeje Baka - Afryka Centralna (Kamerun, Republika Konga i Gabon). Kultura i muzyka, fotografia i antropologia - 한국어: 아프리카 피그미족 (카메루운, 콩고, 가봉). 문화, 음악, 사진,인류학
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