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An average person in the Pygmy Tribe grows to 4 ft 11 inches.

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Woman build huts and dam up small streams to catch fish, and the men have the more prestigious task of hunting and trapping animals for food

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Their music has a complex vocal polyphony and their dances are apart of healing, rituals, initiation rituals, group games and tales, and entertainment

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Pygmy people make their own nail polish and where it everyday (even some of the guys). The woman and girls when their son or brother is going through the man initiation they use a white clay body paint  and paint their selves

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They have no wedding celebrations like we do, But the manhood initiation is very scared to all of the Pygmy tribes and only the men know about it

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Most of the tribes that have haven't been contacted still worship the spirits of the forest but some of the Contacted tribes do worship one God.

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They have survived by gathering wild foods like honey, yams, fruits, and fish. Hunting is very important for the culture of the Pygmy people.

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Pygmy refers to diminutive people in Greek and in Greek mythology Pygmy means a tribe of dwarfs. In Latin Pygmy means a fist.
The outsiders of the Pygmy tribe call the Pygmy tribe "Forest People of Central Africa"

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Most of the Pygmy tribes speak Bantu

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The population of the Pygmy people is estimated between 250,000 and 600,000

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They live in the Congo Rain-forest and some of the other closely related tribes live in open swamps and deserts