Woman painted in red (Bakoya Pygmies)
1. Bakoya woman with
her face painted for a ritual.
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Introduction

The Bakoya Pygmies

(Rainforest of Gabon)
Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin
Soundscape: community dance and voices in a
rainforest village (Pigmei Bakoya del Gabon).
A group of Bakoya Pygmies
2. Bakoya people performing a polyphonic song.
Children and pygmy drum players
3. - 4. Bakoya children; plastic drum players.
Go to the page: Bakoya Pygmy music and dances
Mud house (Bakoya Pygmies)
5. Mud hut in a
Bakoya camp, in the
Gabonese rainforest.
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Sunset over the Gabonese rain forest
Primates of the Gabonese rain forest
6. Sunset over the rainforest.
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7. - 8. Some primates hunted by the Bakoya
(Cercocebus agilis and Colobus satanas).
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Bakoya Pygmy dance
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9. Bakoya dancers.
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Introduction on the Bakoya Pygmies
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25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF).

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