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English[en]
The footage in the film is traversed by a running band of script, reporting observations and remarks culled from anthropologists' interviews, eye-witness reports, and the reminiscences of those highlanders who recall those moments of 'first contact' between the white intruders (missionaries, prospectors, anthropologists, adventurers) and the local inhabitants: "We never tell everything, we always keep something for the next anthropologist" they are candid enough to admit to Margaret Mead, while another wit remarks: "We called the whites 'people of soap', but their shit smelled the same as ours."
Dutch[nl]
Ook bevat de band verslagen van ooggetuigen en de herinneringen van de Hooglanders aan de momenten van ‘het eerste contact’ tussen de witte indringers (missionarissen, goudzoekers, antropologen, avonturiers) en de lokale bewoners: “We never tell everything, we always keep something for the next anthropologist” (We vertellen nooit alles, we bewaren altijd iets voor de volgende antropoloog) – ze zijn zo vrij dit aan Margaret Mead te bekennen, terwijl een andere getuige opmerkt: “We calles the whites ‘people from soap’, but their shit smelled the same as ours” (We noemden de witten ‘mensen van zeep’, maar hun uitwerpselen stonken net zoals de onzen).