Pastor goes naked to gain confidence of naked tribe

And then he convinces them to wear clothes.

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They live, literally, in the stone age. Poverty and diseases ravage
their land, like locusts. A good number of them still dress in the
manner of...the Biblical Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden -- stark
naked -- with fresh leaves for a little covering.

We went naked to gain their confidence – Cleric
Pastor Miracle Ishaya is the director of Mission Light House,Wukari,
Taraba State, the first missionary that came in contact with the Jibu
community. In this interview with STEPHEN OSU, he explained how his
team had to go naked to get the people to listen to them, how he got
to know about the community and their problems.

How did you know of their existence?
A woman named Mrs. Joseph is a trader who lived in a place called Abba
Dogo. After some time of staying in the village, she started seeing
some strange faces in the place with leaves as their clothing and when
she asked, the learnt that they live on top of the mountains. So, she
came to inform us and when we got there, it was difficult to believe
but it was true. And as they sighted us, some ran away, some became
very violent and came out with there arrows but for the woman’s
ability to speak Jibu language. We were accepted.

In what condition did you meet them?
They were totally naked, both women and men, covering some parts of
their bodies with leaves. As a strategy for us to be accepted by them,
we also had to strip off some of our clothes and told them that we
were their tribes men, only that we were born in the town.

How did you get them accept clothes?
It was difficult at the beginning but they accepted at last to wear it
on top of their leaves. The women value the leaves. They believe that
if a leaf falls from their waist and a man crosses it, he will
automatically be impotent. We also talked to them about the God who
created everything, whom they also believe as a God for the children.
So they at last accepted everything.