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00:25This tree is hollow and there's a big
00:29beehive inside the tree and it's just a matter of making it accessible enough to
00:34get our hands in and grab the honey out
00:52I'm in Stafford as an explorer and survivalist I've made a career out of
00:58looking at air in the wild if I'm honest I've never really grown up so now
01:06ready guys I've set myself a mission to see how cultures across the world navigate the messy
01:15business of becoming an adult I believe many of us in the modern world have lost our sense
01:23of identity but I'm hoping by immersing myself in the often extreme trials that young people face
01:31I can figure out how these rituals make us better members of our communities
01:36I've never experienced anything even comparable in terms of pain
01:41by joining them on their journey I hope I'll learn to become a better man
01:49maybe even grow up
01:52okay he wants me to jump out I'm going to jump out and successfully pass my own
01:57rite of passage
02:17I'm currently in northern tanzania's great rift valley a vast area steeped in humanity's ancient history
02:25I've been traveling for 48 hours just to get here and this is now my final leg
02:30a five-hour drive deep into one of the most remote corners of the African bush
02:35I'm heading to the socorro community on the fringes of lake a place often called the cradle of mankind
02:43and where human remains dating back around two million years were discovered
02:52I'm here to live with the Hadza and from what I know of their right of passage into adulthood
02:57it involves using expert tracking and bush kills to find honey and big game
03:02the Hadza have been surviving on these lands for over 50 000 years
03:08and one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes left in the world
03:22okay one of the local Hadza boys has just come out it's nice to see a smiling face hello mate
03:34hi guys
03:39um
03:40And Ed
03:43Anabawa
03:44Anabawa
03:46Anabawa
03:48Anabawa
03:51Amamana
03:52Thank you
03:54Amamakona
03:58What's your name is?
04:00Abetegoku kkkk
04:01Ono akana beba sakuromahan a
04:05That's your name?
04:07Sakuromahan a
04:08sakuromahan ha
04:12sakuromach
04:15oh
04:18hot
04:19crispy
04:21We are going to knock it open, that we stay open.
04:36That's it!
04:40This is a long way too.
04:41Gonga, your bread.
04:42Gonga, gonga.
04:46Gonga hita uchabi.
04:48Chop the tree!
04:51nice to meet you not only do I not speak the language but I can barely pronounce their names
04:57this could be a challenging week I appreciate being allowed to come and live with you for a
05:03small period of time in your community the key thing for me coming here is to learn about how
05:08you guys transition young men into adults and if it's okay with you the thing that I'm really really
05:13interested in learning about is how you hunt for the honey and extract the honey from wild sources
05:24thank you very much okay the guys are hungry and they've got no food
05:49and they need to hunt so it's almost perfect for me rather than sitting around and all the
05:54awkwardnesses of being introduced to a tribe we're straight out on a hunt had to camps are named
06:02after their best hunters with this community named after Socorro his right-hand man is 17 year old
06:45gone guy
06:46diet is not for picky eaters. I reckon they like squirrels. Consisting of over 30 different
06:55wild mammals including monkeys, porcupines, badgers and impala.
07:02Do you want some water?
07:03Take it off, take it off. Yeah. Other end, other end, other end, other end.
07:23Amazing. It's good water. It is good water, mate. Yes. Wow. I mean, that's so cool, isn't it?
07:30Look at that. That's extraordinary. Look. He's cut the bottom, drank out the bottom because
07:34he didn't know that you could unscrew the top. Why would you? Just to show, doesn't it,
07:42how divorced from everyday life this place is. Thank God that plastic still hasn't
07:47infiltrated this corner of the world yet. Nice.
07:56You've got quite a big tuberous root being exposed now.
08:02It's good, is it? What's it called?
08:16Halfway between a potato and a kind of a cucumber. It's kind of got that watery inside like a cucumber
08:23has.
08:23But with the flavour of your potato.
08:32What are we looking for, mate?
08:43Okay, cool. Looking for honey.
08:46Prohad to boy to transition into manhood and complete their rite of passage,
08:50they must prove themselves as a provider for the community.
08:55So although facing an angry swarm of bees seems daunting,
08:58it's a primary food source for the Hatsa people.
09:03So it's something I must help them collect if I'm to pass my own rite of passage.
09:23The white wax on the exterior of a bee's nest means that bees are actively building new combs,
09:29which should hopefully be overflowing with fresh honey.
09:33How do you get the honey out of that?
09:34My mother's nest is a bird to the head of the tree.
09:39My mother's nest is a bird to the head of the sea.
09:51How do you get the honey out of that?
09:54It's a bird in thecus.
09:56Wow! Okay.
09:58With the hive more than ten metres above the ground,
10:01It's not exactly the kind of place that you want to be stung by a swarm of angry bees.
10:06I'm not sure I particularly want to go climbing up that one.
10:10To make it even more precarious, the only way to climb is by using homemade wooden pegs.
10:21With only one squirrel successfully hunted, and now shifting our focus to honey,
10:26we've returned home with little food.
10:32Mm, mm, mm, mm.
10:34That's fucking good.
10:38She looked really hungry.
10:41I'm very grateful that that tuberous rube got given to her.
10:45She looked really hungry.
10:55The Hadza's traditional hunting grounds have been whittled away
10:59to only 10% of what it was just 50 years ago, meaning less game to hunt for food.
11:05Yeah, there's a lot of little mouths to feed.
11:10Not that long ago, the Hadza could easily feast on giraffes, elephant, and their favourite, baboons.
11:17But that looks like a distant memory today.
11:23Dead posh service, this is.
11:26Thank you, this is perfect.
11:28Laga, laga, laga, laga.
11:30Laga?
11:30Laga means lie down.
11:32Laga means lie down.
11:34Laga means lie down.
11:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:34Laga, yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:37Thank you, mate.
11:38Thank you, thank you.
11:38Laga, that's better for the cook.
11:39This is cool.
11:41So, basically, this is my accommodation for the next week.
11:49I don't want to become another mouth to feed
11:52making my need to help provide honey for this community
11:55all the more vital
11:58Gonger, how many do we need to make?
12:00Pepe, I'm like
12:10Gonger, some of the guys were saying
12:12there's a girl that you want to get married to
12:13I'm going to go
12:14Have you known her a long time then?
12:20What's her name?
12:22Shumua
12:23Shumua
12:29Shumua
12:30Shumua
12:31Shumua
12:39Shumua
12:41Shumua
12:41Shumua
12:41Shumua
13:07Shumua
13:15Shumua
13:16Shumua
13:19Shumua
13:21Shumua
13:22Shumua
13:30Shumua
13:59Shumua
14:01Shumua
14:01The honeybee is one of the most aggressive bee species in the world
14:04making up half of the infamous Africanized bee hybrid known as the killer bee
14:12Shumua
14:13Shumua
14:14Shumua
14:14Shumua
14:15Shumua
14:15Shumua
14:16Shumua
14:18Shumua
14:20Shumua
14:21Shumua
14:23Shumua
14:26Shumua
14:36Shumua
14:37But Socorro says this is no job for a newbie.
14:42And this time, I'd have to agree.
15:04Got it.
15:05Despite still being stung, they pushed through the pain
15:09to access the prized honey.
15:15The only problem now is getting all the liquid gold down.
15:20What are you doing?
15:27What are you doing?
15:28What are you doing?
15:28What are you doing?
15:29What are you doing?
15:32What are you doing?
15:33What are you doing?
15:39Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:41Yeah, I got it.
15:44Got it?
15:53THEY CONFER
15:54Oh, look at that. Beautiful.
15:59Have you had a tea? Yeah? You sure?
16:04THEY CONFER
16:04Oh, my God, that was amazing.
16:08Needless to say, that's one of the best-tasting honeys I've ever tasted.
16:13that tastes extraordinary to have that as part of your natural diet
16:21you can see why it's worth the effort of making all the steaks and going up
16:26into the tree and risking your life
16:29ain't no knocking on doors we knocking it down
16:32coliseum floor shining reflect off the crown sneakers we keep clean
16:36it rip the sound when i pivot off the good foot and bounce out of bounds
16:44did you get did you get stung much
16:58but this honey isn't really for eating
17:00they had to also use it to trade
17:03and it's going to help gonga in his mission to win his future wife
17:07what could you buy with this
17:15so you can see why it is important
17:17both as part of the rite of passage but also as a something to trade
17:22and the boys are so happy
17:27and the plastic bucket of fresh honey is a welcoming boost to the community's morale
17:46this plastic bucket of fresh honey should be a welcome boost to the community's morale
17:50and by the end of my week here i will have to place my own hand into a wild bees
17:56nest to provide for the community
17:58something i'm a little nervous about
18:12how important within your culture is honey
18:15clearly it's not just a food is it you use it for trade and stuff like that but how important
18:20is it
18:35do you worry that when the men go out hunting that they're not going to come back with any food
18:40because obviously you've got kids to feed and young males to feed
18:46do you ever get tempted to go and live outside of hasda community
19:09despite the challenges of raising a family in the african bush had two women believe their way of life
19:15is still best for their children for them survival doesn't come from money or possessions but from
19:22a community and a husband who can hunt
19:25gongo obviously is um looking to get married um do you think he's a good catch
19:41nice i'm already fascinated by the hadsa and how a young man's rite of passage is directly connected
19:47to the survival of the tribe and his future family here becoming a man isn't just symbolic
19:53it's life or death
20:00without barbed metal arrowheads gongo can't hunt baboons
20:03so we make the long trek through the wilderness to the area's only forge
20:08and i hope for our sake the people running it still like honey
20:23this is very different
20:28nice view
20:32the tetoga are another of tanzania's oldest tribes their ancestors were fierce warriors and masters
20:39of making weapons the neighboring tribe appeared to be blacksmiths we've got a arrowhead being made here
20:46and it's all using old little scrap bricks of metal incredibly simple and yet obviously it's a skill
20:52that the hadsa people don't have but what the hadsa do have is honey it's a time for a bit
21:00of bartering
21:23i'm about to take uh sakura is getting offered quite what he was hoping he was going to get offered
21:43happy days you happy okay excellent 20 arrowheads and two knives
21:53and um he gets a pot of honey everyone's a winner
22:00it's been a successful mission and gonga now has the tools he needs to prove himself on a baboon hunt
22:07but first he wants me to meet the girl that he hopes to marry
22:12everything in terms of honey collection potentially baboon hunting is all focused towards
22:19gonga's getting married so it's time to meet the lady herself
22:24the umko obama community is home to other hunters and their families
22:29but with less than 400 hadsa living a traditional life in the region
22:33every camp is like an extended family with many hadsa being married or related to one another which is um
22:40your girlfriend in the middle
22:48she's beautiful she's beautiful hi lovely to meet you
23:11what's what do you think of uh gonga for your daughter
23:16okay my teacher sit there well not quite caca
23:21while shima's mom seems sold on the idea
23:25her father looks a little less convinced
23:29in general how does a hadsa man um prove his worthiness um if he was to want to marry a
23:36a lady in another community how does he how does he prove himself
23:39them i could cook up a quick picture a quick picture a quick picture a
23:44part of the character uh but it's here called that doesn't need
23:50godima baba that's an echo that's our popoco
23:54that's our mana i think
24:15it seems like a bit of a tall order especially since all i've seen so far has been scrappy little
24:21squirrels but i guess some traditions die hard baboon it is then so if gonga wants a wife it seems
24:27he's got to cough up a baboon and a decent amount of honey is it true that the room of
24:32the baboon is
24:33the best part
24:37hey you understood me didn't you you didn't need a translator then
24:41and although i'm a bit of a newbie out here i hope i can help him on his own hadsa
24:46rite of passage
24:53my time with the socorro community is quickly running out
24:57so now focus turns to gonga's rite of passage and helping him get his hadsa bride
25:11and the first thing we need is not an engagement ring but an
25:15arrow deadly enough to bring down a baboon why is it for baboons you need these barbs like
25:21so they pull the the arrows out
25:41the arrowhead is lethal but without feathers it won't fly
25:45and when your whole future depends on the success of a hunt there's no room for error so keep going
25:51around that
25:53so
25:53like
25:53and
25:59it's
26:00like
26:00i don't know
26:20how
26:33this is some of the happiest people that I've met in a long long time and they have nothing
26:39you really do not need stuff in your life they have a bow and arrow they have a knife
26:46even the shelter the home that they're sleeping in is a temporary one that will work for the season
26:51and yet it's experience and knowledge and skill level that's enabling them to actually
26:56glean an existence from the environment being able to craft tools being able to make weapons
27:02being able to know all of the different hunting techniques that they need and by putting it all
27:09together you free yourself from the need to accumulate stuff and I think that's the key
27:16happy life
27:26thank you mate thank you so much
27:34okay I didn't do it all myself but I consider that to be my first answer
27:40all right thank you mate happy days poisoned arrows ready we're all set to hunt baboon
27:59I've been walking about two hours from camp now it's a long way away and boys are on a mission
28:09to stand the greatest chance of success we're heading to new hunting grounds an eight kilometer hike
28:16away under the rising african sun
28:25so this is baboon country and it's stunning it's so different to the horizontal scrub if I was a baboon
28:37I'd be hanging out on these rocks up here classic baboon territory
28:46okay
28:53spotting movement on the horizon
28:56Gonga gives the signal and we head down into the valley
29:03All of a sudden the hunt is on
29:07That was definitely a contact with a troop of baboons
29:13The shouts from that direction, that direction and that direction
29:17Baboon
29:18In the chaos of the chase, the group has splintered
29:24I better keep up, because I don't really want to get lost alone out here
29:30You guys are hot on the trail of a baboon
29:34Or a troop of baboons
29:37I'm just struggling to even keep up with them
29:54Okay, baboon right in the top of that crescent of that tree
30:01Okay, it's coming down, it's coming down
30:04That was a huge baboon
30:07Exactly what Gonga's future father-in-law wanted
30:12And that big ass baboon is looking quite impossible
30:18Okay, there's two, there's two baboons moving left to right through that underground there
30:27They're closing in on them
30:29This is it
30:30With Hong Konga ambushing the baboons with the dogs
30:33And Gonga closing in
30:35We're moments away from a possible kill
30:43But once again, confusion kicks in
30:50Gonga is, he is constantly the one right at the front
30:53He's the one that's spearheading the whole operation
30:56But because he is so up front, I'm hardly getting a glimpse of him
31:00He's the one leading the charge
31:03He's the best hunter out of this lot
31:08Then suddenly, the silence is deafening
31:13By the time I catch up with the rest of the group
31:16I can immediately tell it's not good news
31:36What is very cool is that this is Gonga wanted to get married, found a girl he likes, wants to
31:41impress her parents and all his mates are very happy to turn out with him at a stupid o'clock
31:47in the morning to go home to the house.
31:54Failing to bag a baboon is the often harsh reality for modern Hadza
32:00So we're now relying on finding a cache of honey to restore some of Gonga's fortune and save his right
32:06of passage
32:09But with light quickly fading, time is not on our side
32:18We are losing time in terms of getting the honey
32:21It's part and parcel of what Gonga needs to provide
32:25And therefore, if we can just nail that, that would be good
32:32But all isn't lost when Gonga is leading the brigade
32:35Eddie, we're talking
32:36Uh-huh
32:38We've got one
32:45Nice, okay, at last we've got one
32:54Tree is hollow
32:55And there's a big beehive inside the tree
32:59And it's just a matter of making it accessible enough
33:02To get our hands in and grab the honey out
33:06I'm going to have a go at trying to extract as much of this myself as possible
33:10I really want to nail this for Gonga
33:12And make sure he doesn't go back to his future bride empty-handed
33:17Success would also be a massive boost for me
33:19To at least partially complete my rite of passage
33:22As one of the primary harvesters of this wild honey
33:25Without looking at the sun
33:27I reckon we've got about 40 minutes of daylight
33:32With the clock ticking
33:33It's now or never
33:40Okay, far going
33:41Stage one complete
33:43But this beehive is not going to be an easy one to get into
33:45It's very enclosed
33:48And the bees are very well protected
33:51Okay, so in here, yeah?
33:52Better nothing, go go go
33:54Okay
34:02It's brutal work
34:04And the longer we take
34:05The more likely we are to aggravate the bees
34:08And potentially cause a swarm
34:11But with Gonga's help
34:13We gain access to the hive
34:28The boys don't think that they
34:31Can access enough of the honey
34:32From the hole that we've cut
34:34We need to open up the secondary hole
34:41With the beehive still deep inside the tree
34:44And the light fading fast
34:45The other boys also step in to help
34:49I came here thinking, you know what
34:51I want to prove that I can get the honey out of myself
34:53And as I was chopping away
34:55And the boys are standing around
34:56I'm thinking
34:56That's not the way they had to do things
35:00These boys are a group of mates
35:01They help each other
35:03They all muck in
35:04They all put the effort in
35:05And not because I'm being lazy
35:09But I'm going to embrace that team spirit
35:13Teamwork makes a dream way
35:23Gonga's just got stung
35:24I can see
35:38It looks like the smoke from the fire I made
35:40Has done its job in subduing the bees
35:48This is it
35:49Time to get some for myself
35:53OK
36:08Well done, mate
36:11That is beautiful
36:20It's all right
36:24Everyone has now had a lot of stings
36:26It's got to the stage where the honey out
36:28But the bees
36:29They just go for you
36:31I've probably got 20 or 30 stings
36:33There's this crazy pleasure pain thing going on here at the moment
36:37Everyone is high on sugar
36:40And in excruciating pain
36:42At the same time
36:43No, no, no
36:47No, no
36:48No, no
36:51No
37:12Take it
37:13That was just speaking without moving his lips at all.
37:22Worth the pain. Worth the pain.
37:27I would say that was a big success.
37:29It's not a bad haul. I'm not putting my hand in there again.
37:39Will your future father-in-law be happy with that?
37:43Will your future father-in-law be happy with that?
37:45Nice one, Gunga.
37:48Good work, mate.
37:53With the honey bagged, a night upon us,
37:56we have no choice but to spend the night sleeping rough in the bush.
38:03What a day. I mean, that was, honestly,
38:06one of the most rewarding days of my life.
38:09We have honey to speed Gunga's wedding on its way.
38:14Today has just shown me it's all about team.
38:17This isn't a one-man effort.
38:19This isn't Gunga demonstrating his prowess on his own.
38:22Clearly, he's one of the most competent in the whole group,
38:25but it isn't about that to the Hadza.
38:27It's about sticking together.
38:29It's about turning up for each other, and it's about having fun.
38:33And they have done all three of those in bucket loads.
38:40Morning.
38:41And with everyone from the community gathered for our return,
38:44this is the moment of truth.
38:48Has Gunga done enough to win the blessing of his girlfriend's parents?
39:14We tried to get a baboon, but I'm afraid it just went away.
39:18We didn't get it in the end.
39:19We didn't get it in the end.
39:29Gunga's been a little bit shy.
39:32Maybe he's worried about the fact that he hasn't got a baboon.
39:36I think he's just feeling the public humiliation a little bit.
39:46They're all just tucking into the honey that's so amazing.
40:00Are you happy with the honey of the Akonga Uniu herb?
40:03I'm going to grab a bag.
40:04I know you I but not but not yet familiar.?"
40:06dad, why? I
40:07know how to getOSE. I'm
40:09all a client. Who excited
40:11about we're going to get here? How to
40:14it is all, sorry. I love
40:16you.
40:19Does Gunga stand a chance with your daughter, then?
40:39All right, mate.
40:40Enjoy your honey.
40:41Go then.
40:41It's a lovely day.
40:42I'm not going to shake your hand because you're coming.
40:44No, I'm not going to do it.
40:49Nice.
40:51Like they say, anything easy isn't worth having.
40:55So hopefully, on Gunga's next baboon hunt,
40:57he can successfully secure the hand of his girlfriend.
41:01If we'd got a baboon, that would have been amazing,
41:03but, you know, you can't get a baboon every time you go hunting, can you?
41:21Yeah, they're really happy.
41:23And maybe you're a step closer to marrying their daughter, no?
41:26Yeah.
41:26Yeah.
41:31Mate, can I just say thank you for giving me your time,
41:35for allowing me to live with you guys.
41:50Nice woman. Give us a hug.
41:53And good luck with everything.
42:03This is such a positive end to quite an incredible journey, really.
42:07Gunga is a step closer to being able to marry the girl of his dreams.
42:10Everybody who's here is happy.
42:11I think they're all slightly high on honey, again,
42:15but that's kind of cool in itself.
42:16I've learned so much over the past few days.
42:22They call these guys the happy tribe, and you can see why.
42:25They have an innate joy within them,
42:27and I do think that comes from living a simpler life,
42:30and I don't mean that in a patronising way,
42:32I mean that in an inspirational way.
42:34I think the simpler we can all make our lives, the better.
42:40I constantly look at communities like this and worry about their future.
42:44They don't think like that.
42:46It's all about today.
42:46It's all about feeding themselves and their children today.
42:50And that, again, spills into the whole happiness thing.
42:53I just think, don't think worrying about the future is in Hadza at all.
42:59So, no, they're not bothered about it. They're happy.
43:04Fingers crossed Gunga's gonna get the girl.
43:07Obviously, I think he will. He's a charming man.
43:09I think it's probably more to do with his cheeky grin
43:11than it is to do with his proficiency in baboon hunting.
43:15But whatever it is, I wish him all the best,
43:18and I'm sure he's gonna have a very happy life.
43:21If she couldn't find a信 for herself.
43:30What's going on here?
43:34What's happening here?
43:34What's happening here?
43:35What's happening here?
43:37What's happening here?
43:37You can see yourself?
43:55Thanks, mate.
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