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Bruce is introduced to a new language using sticks rather than words and writing. The Penan use these sticks to disseminate complex messages.
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[@The_Scouts_Code]

"This is why we don't want our forest to be destroyed".
Say no more.

[@SirDamned]

Imagine if they just made all this up for the crack cos they heard BBC were coming 😂

[@seytersinep6610]

their just normal people. but for the show yes this is how..

[@seytersinep6610]

@Jay Blake what qualifications you have calling others twats?

[@mgtowski395]

The Yanomami did. They had a good laugh.

[@garigari8937]

There's a lot of penan people(but still rare) in my state. There was one of my senior , a penan . An englishman gave her scholarship. She is very smart, I believed she's been nominated for best student. She has that tribe looking face structure too which I find very interesting .

[@ILoveMagic15]

That's a new meaning of sticks and stones...

[@DreamBelief]

This reminds me of when I was a kid. We used signs we made up to leave messages for each other, or other people. However, we used stones instead because some areas around us could be quite barren.

[@cornellwaters8969]

🇱🇦 Thank you

[@antoniocastro316]

Wow that's very very very intelligent

[@llOcOlll]

Sapient.

[@sandspider7375]

This stick means I need another t shirt round eye and another bottle of Jim-beam.

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

In other words you're ok with living your life without curiosity and compassion for anyone else than yourself nor any desire to learn anything else than what you already know about your parents basement, your bellybutton and your own self loathing.

[@sholbrk7310]

@@pinkponyofprey1965 calm tf down

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

@@sholbrk7310 Who asked you?

[@Sentientmatter8]

Nice tshirt

[@reynanteapas5416]

SO LET MUST PROTECT OUR FOREST..

[@HiVisl]

So these, 'Penan' are using Wiltshire knives to create carved messages in their ancient language, eh?
I wonder how much shipping is to the forest?

[@pauloliver6813]

They are just people, dealing with the cards dealt them by the universe. No better, no worse, than any of us. Of course, there are things to be learnt from any group of people. The codes me and my mates use holding pint pots and talking about our shared history are just as insular and subtle. I'm in a good mood after 6 pints too. I am not being trite or disrespectful.

[@DipsyMum29]

Probably a example of the earliest deliberately crafted visual reading.

[@SuperChuckRaney]

every boy scout learned this same technique since 1935.

[@asamiyashin444]

3:20, Looks like a Beat Takeshi movie scene, lol.
Jokes aside. I think that the people who destroy wild nature for profit are already turned into stone. At least their hearts are like stone. It's what some American tribes called the "wetiko" disease.

[@hydinalvarico9524]

Sakit ulon i understand that and im from cebu philippines

[@valeriaalvarado948]

Bruce is introduced to a new language using sticks

[@tonyquigley6543]

what happens to them if one of them gets a TERRIBLE tooth ache that swells your face up really bad and is THROBBING causing you TERRIBLE pain. And it has has to be puklled out, but it's INCReDILY dangerous to rip a mola or really ANY tooth out that is still inflames, swollen and infected... so hopw do tey do it? What happens if one of them gets a Dry Socket? The SINGLE post painful thing a human being can face i think

[@Saber23]

F one of them gets a tooth infection they treat it these people know how to take care of themselves pal

[@pjelvis22]

I heard a few Tagalog words in there. When he said “sakit ulong “ he was saying headache. Headache in Tagalog is “sakit sa ulo “

[@CristopherCutas]

quite odd yeah?

[@villagepeople808]

Some words are similar between Bornean People and Tagalog such as ikau (you) and patay (death).

[@nora_nakajima]

Pj Ruprecht and a bit similiar with Melanau languages too..

[@cocomauiiii]

Gosh you’re right

[@cocomauiiii]

They keep on saying “ito” which is tagalog too and it’s means “this one”

[@AHK4680]

Where is this?

[@iwavns]

In East Malaysia

[@nora_nakajima]

AHK4680 in Sarawak.

[@ian-nator2685]

Sarawak

[@joenice242]

And the language is called Oroo. Kind of a dissapointment that that wasn't mentioned in the video. "Penan language" is possibly their verbal language.

[@420alien5]

Damn that’s sad

[@Saber23]

Why?

[@420alien5]

I have no idea. I have zero recollection of leaving this comment. Perhaps it was my doppelgänger? 🤔

[@420alien5]

I must have been referring to their way of life being under attack

[@troidesproject9631]

If you live in south east asia, some of they word are easy to understand.
Its malayo-polynesian.
Masuk jalan, mean enter
batu, mean stone
Ulun, mean head.

[@alexbrackxnature2862]

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[@sionesia]

do they speak Malay ?

[@Emsyaz]

They speak Sarawak Malay and perhaps another Malayic language called Iban

[@sionesia]

@@Emsyaz thanks 🙏🏼

[@Phjghh]

How can they turn man into stone by cursing?!

[@qitchiemutchie1771]

They said your dead body will heavy as this stone weight..not your body turn into stone

[@Sentientmatter8]

@@qitchiemutchie1771 I wish the translation in the video was accurate - thank you for providing clarification.