ostrich people

You people out noticing the strange topic of my posting would probably have your jaw dropping right now when you see this!



weird right. If you think that I have edited this picture... well let me tell you that you are so wrong.

There is a whole tribe of people with these ostrich like feet in Zimbabwe!

The Vadoma, also Wadoma (singular Mudoma) are a tribe living in the west of Zimbabwe, especially in the Urungwe and Sipolilo districts on the Zambezi river valley. They have few contacts with the Bantu majority.
A substantial majority of this tribe has a condition known as ectrodactyly in which the middle three toes are absent and the two outer ones are turned in, resulting in the tribe being known as the "two toed" or "ostrich footed" tribe. This is an autosomal dominant condition resulting from a single mutation on chromosome number seven. It is reported that those with the condition are not handicapped and well integrated into the tribe. Indeed it may help in tree climbing. The Kalanga of the Kalahari desert also have a number of members with ectrodactyly, and may be related.
The Vadoma are a popular example of the genetic effects of small population size on genetic defects and mutation, in a case of blatant inbreeding depression. Due to the Vadoma tribe's isolation, they have developed and maintained ectrodactyly, and due to the comparatively small gene pool, the condition is much more frequent than elsewhere.

So next time when you visit anywhere keep your eyes open and be more aware!

hANGING cOfFin

Okay, so my sister just came back from school. And I did not go to school cause i have a stoach ache(actually i did'nt finish my homework) He He He. Anyway when i asked her what happened in school she told me that her science teachr(Cikgu Maizura) told her class about HANGIGNG COFFINS!
I know! The word Hanging coffin is just weird what more the explanation.

Actually,
 Hanging coffins are coffin that have been nailed to cave. Weird! But they can only be found in China, Fillipines and Indonesia. The minority of Bo people started this ritual of burial.

The mysteries of Bo people:

 
Why did the Bo people bury their dead in hanging coffins? How did they do it? And why did the Bo people disappear?
 
The Bo were an ethnic minority people living astride the borders of modern day Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. There they created a brilliant culture as early as 3,000 years ago. The Bo differed from other ethnic groups in their burial customs. Typically hewn from durable hardwood logs, their hanging coffins went unpainted. The most recent hanging coffins were made up to about 400 years ago in the middle and later periods of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), while many of the earliest ones date back 1,000 years to the Song Dynasty (960-1279).Woah!  To date, the earliest hanging coffin was one found in the Three Gorges area, dating back about 2,500 years to the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC- 476 BC).

The hanging coffin was the most widespread form of burial in ancient southwest China. However, the practice ended with the mysterious disappearance of the Bo People. Those who came after knew them from the hanging coffins and the paintings they left behind like faint echoes on the cliffs. Their ancient flowering of culture like that of the Maya is no more. That sad...no more hanging coffins.
 
During the later years of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial army cruelly oppressed the ethnic minority peoples of Sichuan and Yunnan. In particular, the Duzhangman and Bo Peoples fell, victims of massacre. To escape their oppression, the Bo migrated to new locations. They hid their real names and integrated into other ethnic groups. Like their culture they have disappeared but their descendents are still here for they are a part of us.


So look back at your roots...perhaps you are part of the Bo clan.
Be aware.