Overview

• Recruitment for 16 seasonal positions launched on June 7, offering 500 yuan ($70) per day for work from July through August.
• More than 10,000 people applied by June 9 to portray ‘savages’ entertaining tourists at the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve.
• Performers must don primitive attire, patrol forest trails, dance, film their interactions for social media and accept food from visitors.
• Candidates accustomed to living in the wild, eating raw food and creating short videos are given preference.
• Participants may only make purring sounds to engage guests and can speak verbally solely to guide visitors to restrooms.