Here’s why this Indonesian Tribe has dazzling blue eyes
This is because of a rare genetic disorder called Waardenburg syndrome which causes congenital hearing loss and pigmentation deficiencies, which can include bright blue eyes.
Hyderabad: Your eye color results from the amount of melanin your body makes. Melanin is a pigment that gives color to your eyes, hair and skin. The colored part of your eye is called the iris. As many as 16 genes influence eye color by determining the amount of melanin inside the specialized cells of the iris. Different eye colors are caused by different amounts of pigment.
Today, brown is the most common eye color worldwide but after recent photos of the indigenous Buton tribe who are located in the southeast Sulawesi region of Indonesia , taken by geologist and photographer Korchnoi Pasaribu, went viral on social media and puzzled people on how asians are born with natural blue eyes.
This is because of a rare genetic disorder called Waardenburg syndrome which causes congenital hearing loss and pigmentation deficiencies, which can include bright blue eyes (or one blue eye and one brown eye), a white forelock, or patches of light skin.The syndrome is caused by mutations in any of several genes that affect the division and migration of neural crest cells during embryonic development.
Buton also nown as Butung, Boeton or Button is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. The island is largely covered by rainforest and is known for its wildlife. It is one of only two habitats of the anoa, a type of buffalo and covers roughly 4,408 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and Indonesia’s 19th largest in area.
Here are some pictures of blue-eyed Butonese people:
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