The way it works is that they can stay in an area anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months, but pretty much move on after that. They use bow and arrows to kill prey. They then use the meat, fur, and everything else to either eat or for decoration for clothing, bows, whatever else they need. The men primarily hunt while the women gather. However, we got to go exploring a little bit and shoot some bows and arrows.
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| Some archery...I'm a pro, obvi. |
We also got to learn how to make fire from pure wood and sticks. I kind of thought it was actually impossible, but it's not! Fun fact. See it for yourselves
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| Caitlin making fire |
I'm somewhat surprised gathering works because the lands are generally pretty arid and empty during the dry season. However, they gather berries and whatnot in order to provide some nutrition for their tribesman.
They also apparently smoke "tobacco" about six times ago. However, it was the most interesting smell of tobacco I've ever come across. During the census, it is rumored that the bushmen were bribed to leave their hunting areas and fill out a census in return for some free "tobacco" product. Interesting, I know. The government is all over the place.
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