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Answer my Cannibalism queries, please?

Yeah, well, I was eating a gingerbread man and suddenly, the weirdest question just popped into my head. Does cannibalism still exist in this day and age? Is it still practiced today by ethnic tribes, or is it just for psychos? And where is it practiced, if at all? I know Papua New Guinea used to do it, but are they still at it? Thanks in advance, y'all.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    In the more remote areas of many tribal areas cannibalism is believed to still occur

    PNG is one place, Cambodian soldiers during the war there practiced a form of ritual cannibalism in the 1960s and 70s I would assume the hill tribes still do.

    Africa has a lot of remote areas an the conflict in Congo and Rwanda both had allegations made about cannibalism.

    It is an interesting taboo,

    Liwmld don't be so judgmental most cannibalism was carried out as a mark of respect for the dead so their spirit would live on and so others could take their strength once they died, very similar to your christian communion cannibalism.

  • 1 decade ago

    Cannibalism does still occur to some extent by small tribal groups, but only by a very limited amount. Even in it's heyday (so to speak) cannibalism was not widely practiced because even natives realized it wasn't healthy to do (due to communicable infections), but it was practiced mainly to shame defeated enemies.

    There are also some people in developed nations who at least express the interest in eating people, but this is usually due to some fetishistic sexual ideas.

  • 1 decade ago

    Christians practice spiritual cannibalism every Mass

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There was this one creepy dude that ate people. But I wouldn't call him a psycho, because the people actually posted themselves on websites TELLING people they wanted to be eaten. Theres actually footage of him cutting them apart while they're screaming. He's in jail right now.

    When a reporter asked him what we taste like, he said "pork".

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  • 1 decade ago

    You also have some mentally ill people who do it in the west, just look at Jeffrey Dahmer (or don't, I wouldn't blame you).

  • 1 decade ago

    tastes of chicken

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    cannibalism is an abomination to God. people who do it are either psycho, evil, or both. i imagine there are many people who practice it.

  • 1 decade ago

    "is it just for psychos?"

    Nope.

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