Jungle Yachts in the Belgian Congo - Pt 2 (1940)

vast herds and hundreds of slaves who do all the work the cows are lured in to be milked by the slaves they use the calves of decoys carrying them piggyback or in their arms like babies no acoustic cattle or beautiful animals give a very fine grade of milk they receive the most excellent care and the calves are never completely weaned until the mother goes dry milking is both a chore and a ceremony here are what to c-print blesses the day's milk every man in the tribe is a prince and each man's bearing is dignity personified the milk is carried to the house to be stored in great Calabasas the cream is made into butter and one of the unusual uses of the butter is for the regular massaging of the bodies of the princes growing son so what 2cr is superb a race of athletes the world has ever seen there live broad shouldered narrow hipped good-looking graceful tradition says they are descendants of a noble race of ancient Egyptian the untrodden practice archery more as a sports and for physical development then is training for hunting the boys also practice high jumping or it is in this sport that the giant what to see excel every other people in the entire world when they gather to compete for honors their accomplishments succeed any records which have ever been made at the International Olympic Games at this impromptu exhibition several man cleared the bar at seven feet one inch and it is reliably reported that some of the princes have gone over at the amazing height of eight feet the official world record is six feet nine and three-quarter inches but of all the customs and practices of the giant Watusi the strangest is that are there any are more sacred cows any ombo means calls with long horn and they have them to the length of 12 feet from tip to tip each of these sacred cows has its own attendant a slave whose lifework it is to care for a particular call to adorn it with decoration and of saying its praises [Music] aristocratic living and athletic play in the Watusi tribe is also frequently enlivened by dancing which is truly in keeping with the temperament of this remarkable race in sheer grace and rhythm it is perfection unexcelled either by the tribal dances of other frontiers or by the sophisticated ballet of most any metropolis just watch their poetry of motion [Music] listen to the weird sounds of their own music [Music] the expedition flag is tattered and frayed by the ordeal of ten thousand miles of African travel despite the hazards of jungle and mountain the tropical rain and the equatorial heat and humidity every unit in our international powered Caravan has traversed the Congo without hesitancy our complaint it has been a strange revealing journey turning homeward is not without regret [Music]