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  2. Places where modern day cannibalism still exists - AOL

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    Today, tourists can get a taste of what the culture once was like by visiting the Naihehe Caves, the home of the last cannibal tribe. Not too far away in the South Pacific, the Korowai tribe of ...

  3. Korowai people - Wikipedia

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    Anthropologists suspect that cannibalism is no longer practiced by the Korowai clans that have had frequent contact with outsiders. [ 20 ] [ non-primary source needed ] Recent reports suggest that certain clans have been coaxed into encouraging tourism by perpetuating the myth that cannibalism is still an active practice.

  4. Cannibalism in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Rosa von Praunheim's Dein Herz in Meinem Hirn (Your Heart in My Brain) and Ulli Lommel's Diary of a Cannibal (2006) also depict the case. Many heavy metal, death metal and grindcore bands and horrorcore rappers discuss cannibalism in their songs or depict it in the cover art of their albums, because of the act's taboo nature. A number of bands ...

  5. Cannibalism in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The Anasazi in the 12th century have also been demonstrated to have undertaken cannibalism, possibly due to drought, as shown by proteins from human flesh found in recovered feces. There is near universal agreement that some Mesoamericans practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism, but there is no scholarly consensus as to its extent.

  6. Cannibalism in Oceania - Wikipedia

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    Korowai people of New Guinea practised cannibalism until very recent times. As in some other New Guinean societies, the Urapmin people engaged in cannibalism in war. Notably, the Urapmin also had a system of food taboos wherein dogs could not be eaten and they had to be kept from breathing on food, unlike humans who could be eaten and with whom food could be shared.

  7. Cannibalism in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Fanciful depiction of cannibalism in China, from a 15th-century edition of The Travels of Marco Polo. Acts of cannibalism in Asia have been reported from various parts of the continent, ranging from ancient times to the 21st century. Human cannibalism is particularly well documented for China and for islands that today belong to Indonesia.

  8. Cannibalism in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Those who refused to kill their fellow man died. ... At least 2,505 people were sentenced for cannibalism in the years 1932 and 1933 in Ukraine, though the actual number of cases was certainly much higher. [80] Most cases of cannibalism were "necrophagy, the consumption of corpses of people who had died of starvation".

  9. More than just cannibalism: Raleigh writer releases CD of ...

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    The 13-song CD, out Tuesday, draws on the horrific experiences of the ill-fated settlers of 1846. “Am I a weirdo?” the songwriter asks. More than just cannibalism: Raleigh writer releases CD ...