The Last Mentawai: Indigenous Tribe on Sumatra Indonesia | TripLegend Adventure Trip
Meet the last indigenous and isolated Mentawai tribal people of Sumatra.
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The Mentawai are the native people of the Mentawai islands in Sumatra, Indonesia. They mainly live on the island of Siberut which is located about 5 hours away by speedboat from Padang City, the capital of West Sumatra.
Usually, a few families from the Mentawai tribe live together in wooden houses standing on pillars, called Uma.
Today there are approximately 30,000 people of the Mentawai tribe on the island Siberut, living mostly isolated from modern society and in a semi-nomadic lifestyle.
The tribe has its own language, culture, and customs. The Mentawai still maintain the lifestyle and traditions passed down from their ancestors from thousands of years ago.
They believe that all things in nature possess a spiritual essence, and they live in harmony and peace with the environment around them.
They are always asking for forgiveness to the spirits after taking the life of an animal or harvesting a plant.
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