Batwa Trail in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

April 28th 2023
Video
Region
Uganda
Researcher
Source
Pearl Rhythm Foundation, Batwa Indegeneous Empowerment Organisation
Formats
Archive of the future
Conscious movement
Field research
Disciplines
Acoustic Ecology
Deep listening practices
Spirituality
Themes
Listening as activism
Human footprint
Wisdom Keepers
Sound repatriation

For years of their existence, the Batwa have been one with nature and their habitat - the forest

They practiced rituals that aid respect to the forest and we're very mindful of protecting it. They listened to the forest and it communicated back to them on ways that kept them in harmony with it.