Word: tribeswomen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through the mist, in search of a village airstrip. "I think that's it," the pilot shouted to a companion over the whine of the engine. Dipping down through the clouds, the plane came in at treetop level, then bounced into a 700-ft. clearing. Eager tribeswomen in turbans and blue-striped frocks rushed toward the visitors, smiling through betel-stained teeth. Their menfolk set about happily unloading medicine, food, seed and other supplies. "This is the one place in Southeast Asia," the pilot beamed, "where we're a little ahead of the Communists...
Beards & Wine. Another important rebel link to outside aid is Arua (pop. 8,000), an otherwise sleepy town in western Uganda where the Lugbara tribeswomen still go bare-breasted and men hunt monkeys with bows and arrows. Somewhat reluctantly, the Uganda government has allowed Arua to become a haven for Simba warriors, who come in by truck and Jeep from the Congolese town of Aru just across the border, load up on food and liquor, then, after sleeping it off in a tin-roofed "refugee center," truck contentedly back. TIME Correspondent Peter Forbath, who drove to Arua last week, found...
...show rather nicely, and manages, for the most part, to control the swarms of bosomy Pudding members that fill his stage. Once or twice, though, the number of people move about confusingly while a song or dialogue is going on; and a horseplay scene where the Corpsmen and the tribeswomen build a bridge is unnecessary...