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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
03:34uh
03:35hi guys
03:37abu kuku
03:38ana omakuku
03:41ed
03:43ana bawa
03:44ana bawa
03:45ana bawa
03:45ana bawa
03:47ana bawa
03:49ana bawa
03:59What's your name, eh?
04:05That's your name?
04:07Sakuroma Han-A
04:09Sakuroma Han-A
04:11Han-A
04:11Sakuroma...
04:13Ha-A
04:29Han-Han-Han
04:30Han-Han-Han
04:33Han-Han-Han
04:35Han-Han-Han
04:36Han-Han-Han
04:41Gonga Koku
04:42Gonga, Gonga, Gonga
04:46Gonga, Gonga
04:46Gonga Ita Uchab
04:47Chop the tree
04:50Cool, nice to meet you all
04:53Not only do I not speak their language, but I can barely pronounce their names
04:57This could be a challenging week
05:00I appreciate being allowed to come and live with you for a small period of time in your community
05:05The key thing for me coming here is to learn about how you guys transition young men into adults
05:11And if it's okay with you the thing that I'm really really interested in learning about is how you hunt
05:16for the honey
05:17And extract the honey from wild sources
05:24Thank you very much
05:25Thank you very much, mate
05:49And they need to hunt
05:51So it's almost perfect for me rather than sitting around and all the awkwardnesses of
05:55Being introduced to a tribe. We're straight out on a hunt
06:01Had to camps are named after their best hunters
06:06With this community named after Socorro
06:14His right-hand man is 17-year-old Gonga
06:21His right-hand man is 17-year-old Gonga
06:45The Hadza diet is not for picky eaters
06:49I reckon they like squirrels
06:53Consisting of over 30 different wild mammals including monkeys, porcupines, badgers and impala
07:02That's what a good time
07:02Do you want some water?
07:03Tiff out, tiff out
07:04Yeah
07:07Other end, other end, other end, other end
07:10Other end
07:24It's good water, it is good water mate. Yes
07:26wow I mean that's so cool isn't it look at that that's extraordinary look he's cut the bottom
07:33drank out the bottom because he didn't know that you could unscrew the top why would you just just
07:41show doesn't it how divorced from everyday life this place is thank God that plastic
07:46still hasn't infiltrated this corner of the world yet nice
07:56you've got a quite a big tuberous root being exposed now it'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
08:23hash but with the flavor of potato ah what are we looking for me well up in our presentation of
08:35the back of a week I in a good movie that we see there but who double and any double
08:40but
08:40part of a semi semi okay cool looking for honey for had to boy to transition into manhood and complete
08:50their right of passage they must prove themselves as a provider for the community so although facing
08:56an angry swarm of bees seems daunting it's a primary food source for the Hatsa people so it's something I
09:04must help them collect if I'm to pass my own right of passage
09:23the white wax on the exterior of a bees nest means that bees are actively building new combs which
09:30should hopefully be overflowing with fresh honey how do you get the honey out of that
09:58with the hive more than 10 meters above the ground it's not exactly the kind of place that you want
10:03to be stung by a swarm of angry bees I'm not sure I particularly want to go climbing to make
10:10it even
10:11more precarious the only way to climb is by using homemade wooden pegs with only one squirrel successfully
10:23hunted and now shifting our focus to honey we've returned home with little food
10:39she looked really hungry and very grateful that that tuberous rube got given to her she looked really
10:55hungry hungry the Hatsa's traditional hunting grounds have been whittled away to only 10 percent of what
11:00it was just 50 years ago meaning less game to hunt for food yeah there's a lot of little mouths
11:07to feed
11:10not that long ago the Hatsa could easily feast on giraffes elephant and their favorite baboons but
11:17that looks like a distant memory today dead posh service this is thank you this is perfect
11:36thank you mate thank you thank you this is cool so basically this is my accommodation for the next week
11:49I don't want to become another mouth to feed making my need to help provide honey for this community all
11:55the
12:10more vital Gonger some of the guys were saying there's a girl that you want to get married to I
12:14got a kind of
12:15a couple of girls oh cool Ammon have you know a long time then whoa so no long what's her
12:22name
12:45For a Hatsa boy to complete their rite of passage and marry, they must prove to the
12:50bride's parents that they can provide for and protect a family, but right now it looks
12:56like we're off to slay vampires, and climbing a ten-meter-high baobab tree to raid a hive
13:03filled with bees sounds just as daunting.
13:08The beehive is right in the crux of that, say about ten meters off the floor.
13:32A boobab tree like this could easily be 2,000 years old.
13:36Archaeological evidence found in this region reveals that Hatsa have lived on these lands
13:41for over 50,000 years, which means their ancestors were likely hunting and raiding beehives like
13:46this during the Stone Age.
13:48Ganga's skill level of being able to hang onto a little peg while standing on a little peg,
13:56whilst banging in a little peg, is crazy.
13:59The East African lowland 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.
14:11He's almost at the top now though.
14:25One wrong move, and the bees could swarm Ganga and us.
14:30You can hear them up there.
14:32They are angry.
14:35I'd love to get stuck in and help, but Socorro says this is no job for a newbie.
14:42And this time, I'd have to agree.
15:06Despite still being stung, they pushed through the pain to access the prized honey.
15:15The only problem now, is getting all the liquid gold down.
15:21The only problem now, is getting all the liquid gold down.
15:38Okay.
15:39Yeah, I got it.
15:43Got it?
15:52Look at that.
15:56Beautiful.
16:01Yeah? Are you sure?
16:04Oh, my God, that was amazing.
16:08Needless to say, that's one of the best-tasting honeys I've ever tasted.
16:14That tastes extraordinary.
16:16To have that as part of your natural diet.
16:21You can see why it's worth the effort of making all the steaks
16:25and going up into the tree.
16:27I'm risking your life.
16:29Ain't no knocking on doors, we're knocking it down.
16:32Coliseum floors shining, reflect off the crown.
16:35Sneakers, we keep clean, it rip the sound.
16:37When I pick it off the good foot and bounce out of bound.
16:40Well done, mate. Congratulations.
16:43Well done.
16:45Did you get stung much?
16:47Ding, ding, ding, ding.
16:49Oh, I got it.
16:51Oh, I got it.
16:53Oh, I got it.
16:55Get some honey down, mate.
16:58But this honey isn't really for eating.
17:01They 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?
17:08I got it.
17:12I got it.
17:13I got it.
17:15So you can see why it is important, both as part of the rite of passage,
17:19but also as 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.
17:51And 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 something I'm a little nervous about.
18:00I got it.
18:13How important within your culture is honey?
18:15Clearly, it's not just a food, is it?
18:17You use it for trade and stuff like that.
18:19But how important is it?
18:20I don't know.
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 mouths to feed.
19:00Do any of you ever get tempted to go and live outside of Hasda community?
19:09Despite the challenges of raising a family in the African bush,
19:13Hadda women believe their way of life is still best for their children.
19:18For them, survival doesn't come from money or possessions,
19:22but from community and a husband who can hunt.
19:26Gonga obviously is looking to get married.
19:30Do you think he's a good catch?
19:38Nice.
19:42I'm already fascinated by the Hadza and how a young man's rite of passage is directly connected
19:47to the survival of the tribe and his future family.
19:51Here, becoming a man isn't just symbolic, it's life or death.
19:59Without barbed metal arrowheads, Gonga can't hunt baboons.
20:04So 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.
20:27Nice view.
20:32The Tatoga are another of Tanzania's oldest tribes.
20:35Their ancestors were fierce warriors and masters of making weapons.
20:40The neighbouring tribe appeared to be blacksmiths.
20:43We've got an arrowhead being made here, and it's all using old little scrap bricks of metal.
20:50Incredibly simple, and yet, obviously, it's a skill that the Hadza people don't have.
20:55But what the Hadza do have is honey.
20:58It's a time for a bit of bartering.
21:26Socorro is getting offered quite what he was hoping he was going to get offered.
21:53And he gets a pot of honey.
21:56Everyone'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, it's all focused towards Gonga's getting married, so it's time to
22:21meet the lady herself.
22:24The Umko Obomah community is home to other hunters and their families, but with less than 400 Hadza living a
22:31traditional life in the region,
22:32every camp is like an extended family, with many Hadza being married or related to one another.
22:39Which is your girlfriend?
22:41In the middle.
22:48She's beautiful.
22:49She's beautiful.
22:49She's beautiful.
22:50She's beautiful.
22:52Hi.
22:53Lovely to meet you.
23:00She's beautiful.
23:02She's beautiful fortune, jugós.
23:04My mother sent me some pictures of my friends to Ochaceeli.
23:13Sheoudro love my son, and he already voiced the family that Bobby and Hasse were told in his daughter.
23:16She's beautiful.
23:17I love her children.
23:17She's beautiful, so I give her aô.
23:18not quite cacaua while she moves mom seems sold on the idea her father looks
23:26a little less convinced in general how does it has a man and prove his
23:33worthiness if he was to want to marry a lady in another community how does he
23:38how does he prove himself don't cook a car cook what you are quick I'll cook
23:43cheer for the first year but the chiacca the tiki godima baba
23:51that's an echo that's a popoko that's a mana I think a dog go to go to the
24:00one another the bameshaya tako chico no walk I'm shot question to go on
24:15it seems like a bit of a tall order especially since all I've seen so far has been scrappy
24:21little squirrels but I guess some traditions die hard baboon is then so if Conga wants a wife it
24:27seems he's got a cough up a baboon and a decent amount of honey is it true that the room
24:32of the
24:32baboon is the best part you understood me didn't you didn't need a translator then and although I'm
24:42a bit of a newbie out here I hope I can help him on his own Hadza rite of passage
24:47my time with the
24:54Sakura community is quickly running out so now focus tends to Gonga's rite of passage and helping him get
25:01his hands a bride but yeah simple as that and the first thing we need is not an engagement ring
25:14but
25:15an arrow deadly enough to bring down a baboon why is it for baboons you need these barbs like today
25:21the arrowhead is lethal but without feathers it won't fly and when your whole future depends on the
25:48success of a hunt there's no room for error so keep going around them look at them talk to them
25:54talk
25:54to them talk to them talk to them talk to them talk to them talk to them talk about that
26:11I could look
26:33this assume of the happiest people that I've met in a long long time and they have nothing you really
26:40do
26:40not need stuff in your life they have a bow and arrow they have a knife even the shelter the
26:48home that
26:48they're sleeping in is a temporary one that will work for the season and yet it's experience and
26:53knowledge and skill level that's enabling them to actually glean an existence from the environment
26:59being able to craft tools being able to make weapons being able to know all of the different
27:05hunting techniques that they need and by putting it all together you free yourself from the need to
27:11accumulate stuff and I think that's the key happy life
27:27thank you mate thank you so much
27:34okay I didn't do it all myself but I consider that to be my first handser arrow
27:42thank you mate happy days poison darrow's ready we're all set to hunt baboon
28:00been 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
28:14an eight kilometer hike away under the rising african sun
28:25so this is baboon country
28:30and it's stunning it's so different to the horizontal scrub if I was a baboon I'd be hanging out on
28:38these
28:38rocks up here classic baboon territory
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
29:52okay
29:54baboon
29:55right in the top of that
29:57crescent of that tree
30:01okay it's coming down
30:02it'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
30:14is looking quite impossible
30:18okay there's two
30:19there'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 Hong Konga closing in we're moments away from a possible kill
30:43but once again confusion kicks in
30:46Hong Konga 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
30:57I'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
31:09the silence is deafening
31:13by the time I catch up with the rest of the group
31:16I can immediately tell
31:17it's not good news
31:36what is very cool
31:37is that this is gonga
31:39wanted to get married
31:40found a girl he likes
31:41wants to impress her parents
31:42and all his mates are very happy to turn out with him
31:45at a stupid o'clock in the morning to go hunting
31:49that's pretty cool isn't it
31:51that's what mates are for
31:54failing to bag a baboon
31:56is the often harsh reality for modern Hadza
32:00so we're now relying on finding a cache of honey
32:02to restore some of gonga's fortune
32:04and save his right of passage
32:09but with light quickly fading
32:11time is not on our side
32:18we are losing time in terms of getting the honey
32:20it's part and parcel of what gonga needs to provide
32:25and therefore if we can just nail that
32:28that would be good
32:32but all isn't lost when gonga is leading the brigade
32:38we've got one
32:49nice okay at last we've got one
32:54tree is hollow and there's a big
32:57beehive 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 gonna 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 fine going stage one complete
33:43but this beehive is not going to be an easy one to get into
33:45it's very enclosed and the bees are very well protected
33:51okay so in here yeah
33:52okay
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
34:12but 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 from 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 I want to prove that I can get the honey out myself
34:53and as I was chopping away and the boys are standing around I'm thinking that's not the way
34:58they had to do things
35:00these boys are a group of mates
35:01they help each other
35:03they're 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
35:22going to make a dream
35:37it looks like the smoke from the fire I made has done its job in subduing the bees
35:48this is it time to get some for myself
35:55okay
36:07well done that is beautiful
36:24Everyone has now had a lot of stings it's got to the stage where the honey out but the bees
36:29they just go for you I've probably got 20 or 30 stings there's this crazy pleasure
36:35pain thing going on here at the moment everyone is high on sugar and in excruciating pain at
37:09the same time
37:12that was just speaking without moving his lips at all
37:22worth the pain worth the pain I would say that was a big success it's not a bad
37:30hole I'm not putting my hand in there again
37:39well your future father-in-law will be happy with that go crock up a pack up a pack up
37:44a
37:44go buy a go to shop a nice one go get quite a bit of a cook ok ok ok
37:49ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok
37:53with the honey bagged a night upon us we have no choice but to spend the night sleeping rough in
37:58the bush what a day I mean that was honestly one of the most rewarding days of my life and
38:09we have
38:10honey to speed Gonga's wedding on its way today has just shown me it's all about team this isn't a
38:18one-man effort this isn't Gonga demonstrating his prowess on his own clearly he's one of the most
38:23competent in the whole group but it isn't about that to the Hadza it's about sticking together it's
38:29about turning up for each other and it's about having fun and they have done all three of those
38:35in bucket loads morning and with everyone from the community gather for our return this is the
38:46moment of truth has Gonga done enough to win the blessing of his girlfriend's parents
39:14we tried to get a baboon but I'm afraid it went away we didn't get it in the end
39:19oh
39:19oh
39:30oh
39:30oh
39:31oh
39:31oh
39:32oh
39:33oh
39:33oh
39:33oh
39:35oh
39:35oh
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 that I've brought back?
40:06I'm happy with the honey.
40:08This will be my hobby now.
40:10Since it's been a month or two, I'm just happy to go out.
40:19I'm happy to go out.
40:20Does Gunga stand a chance for the odor?
40:27Another drink?
40:29Well, we should go out.
40:31Okay.
40:33Even if we're gone,
40:38All right, mate enjoy your honey
40:50Like they say anything easy isn't worth having so hopefully on Gonga's next baboon and he can successfully secure the
40:59hand of his girlfriend
41:01if we got a baboon that would have been amazing but, you know you can't you can't get a baboon
41:06every time you go hunting can you?
41:21Yeah, they're really happy and maybe you're a step closer to marrying their daughter, no?
41:31Mate, can I just say thank you for giving me your time, for allowing me to live with you guys.
41:50Nice one, mate. Give us a hug.
41:53And good luck with everything.
42:03This is such a positive end to quite an incredible journey, really.
42:07Gonga is a step closer to being able to marry the girl of his dreams.
42:10Everybody here is happy.
42:12I 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.
42:45It'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 the Hadza at all.
42:59So, no.
43:00They're not bothered about it.
43:01They're happy.
43:04Fingers crossed Gonga's going to get the girl, obviously.
43:07I think he will.
43:08He's a charming man.
43:09I think it's probably more to do with his cheeky grin than it is to do with his proficiency in
43:13baboon hunting.
43:15But whatever it is, I wish him all the best.
43:18And I'm sure he's going to have a very happy life.
43:21I'm trying to find a man who's not stopping me...
43:23I'm having a very happy life.
43:27And I'm like, oh, that's my sister.
43:30Come here.
43:31What's going on?
43:37Come here, baby!
43:37What can you do with my sister?
43:37You can see yourself?
43:38Can I see the problem?
43:41Come here, see?
43:43I'm going there.
43:44I'm going there when I started with her,
43:46I'm going there for a minute.
43:49What's that?
43:50I'm going to talk to you, too.
43:54Thanks, mate.
43:56Thank you, buddy.
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