These photographs were obtained by Survival International show uncontacted Indians in detail. This tribe lives in Brazil, near the Peruvian border. It was featured in the “Jungles” episode of BBC1’s “Human Planet” in the United Kingdom.

Mallakhamb (“malla” stands for wrestler, “khamb” means pole) appeared as exercises for Indian wrestlers in 17th century. Sportsmen had to use a 2.6 m wood pole, and today this tradition is practiced by many gymnastics. On these photos you can see many Indians balancing on the pole and building human pyramids around it. What makes Mallakhamb the most unbelievable sport is that some of the guys who are fond of it are blind!