Mr. Turnbull brought Kenge, his Pygmy friend, and I to Ishango National Park to show Kenge what the world was like outside of the forest. When we left, we stopped where the road leaves the heights above the plains and crosses over to the forest plateau. When Kenge saw this beautiful sight, he stated that this god must be the same god as the Pygmies'- that they must be one god.
When the forest dies, the Pygmies believe that they shall die as well because they are the people of the forest.
*Observations*
While the Pygmies believe that their god is the forest and the villagers do not hold the same belief, Kenge, a Pygmy, believed that seeing the beautiful sight at the Park showed that the god he was looking at was the same as the one that he and the other Pygmies worship in the forest- that they are one god. With the forest being the Pygmies' god, they believe that they will die when the forest dies due to the fact that the forest provides everything for them. If they do not have the forest, then they do not have a means of provision.
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