There is no evidence the tribe Darah visited are ‘cannibals’ as he claims (Picture: TikTok/daratah)

A prominent Irish YouTuber and TikToker has been accused of exploiting indigenous people in southeast Asia for a social media stunt.

Dara Tah amassed a following with videos of him visiting supposedly dangerous places or apparently enduring extreme scenarios such as 12 hours of Chinese water torture.

For his latest video he attempted to approach what he called a ‘cannibal tribe’ in West Papua,an Indonesian province on the island of New Guinea.

He is accompanied by other tourists and a local guide named Demi in a small boat carrying them along a river.

Inhabitants of a jungle on the shore can be seen approaching the waterfront shouting,while the guide can be heard hailing them in a local language.

‘I think they’re pointing bows and arrows at us,bro’,one man on the boat is heard to say.

@daratah Deep in the jungle of Papua… Just tried to make contact with a cannibal tribe LOL Will try again tomorrow. Wish us luck 😅 #cannibal #tribe #adventure #deadly #survival

♬ original sound – Dara Tah

Tah,holding his hand towards the locals,says: ‘Seriously,this is terrifying…they’re huge bows.’

After the boat approaches the shore,Tah attempts to make an offering to an elder who is wearing a leaf loincloth and holding a bow,following Demi’s guidance on etiquette.

The elder tastes the salt and appears to spit it out before withdrawing slightly.

Tah then says: ‘He doesn’t look like he likes that. Alright,guys,let’s move back,maybe.’

Demi says: ‘We have to move. We’re not welcome,it’s really dangerous.’

Despite being obviously unwelcome,Tah wrote in the video caption that he ‘will try again tomorrow’.

Some viewers expressed doubt as to the authenticity of the interaction,while others criticised the tone of the video and Tah’s claims.

‘Did you just intrude their land for content and call them scary?’ one commented.

‘They are not cannibal[s],they are just people living a peaceful life,’ another added.

West Papua is home to some 300 tribes,some of whom historically practiced ritual cannibalism,but scholars say the practice had largely disappeared in the area by the mid-20th century.

It’s not clear which people Tah’s group apparently interacted with.

Dubious claims appear frequently in Tah’s clips,such as a trip to Scotland’s Gruinard Island,dubbed ‘Anthrax Island’ after biological warfare testing using the deadly anthrax bacterium left it uninhabitable.

Describing it as ‘the world’s deadliest island’,Tah introduces the video claiming it is ‘covered’ in anthrax and spends much of his visit in a hazmat suit.

But it is widely known to have been decontaminated in 1990 and he ends his video proving the bacteria still poses no threat there.