ISBN:
9781912385515
,
1912385511
Language:
English
Pages:
222 pages
,
illustrations (some colour), genealogical tables, map, portraits
,
24 cm
DDC:
305.899/12
Keywords:
Yalaku (Papua New Guinean people) History
;
Yalaku (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs
;
Yalaku (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) History
;
Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs
;
Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Legends
;
Ethnology
;
Kwoma (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Histoire
;
Kwoma (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Kwoma (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Rites et cérémonies
;
Légendes - Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)
;
Ethnologie - Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)
;
Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs
;
Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Indonesien
;
Papua-Neuguinea
;
Distrikt Sepik Ost
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Konflikt
;
Mythologie
Description / Table of Contents:
Pt.I. Background and social organization. ch1. The Yalaku ; ch.2. Yelogu village ; ch.3. Clan histories and the spirit world ; ch.4. Marriage alliances -- pt.II. History and warfare. ch.5. Yalaku history and warfare: an overview ; ch.6. Earliest remembered warfare: the Nowiniyen and the Apukili ; ch.7. The beginnings of conflict with the Tongwinjamb Kwoma and warfare with other groups ; ch.8. Continuing warfare with neighbours, and the rise of Kapay as a military leader ; ch.9. The destruction of the Awokapa tribe and the death of Kapay ; ch.10. Warfare with Avatip village and the destruction of the Apukili tribe ; ch.11. Entering the modern world -- pt.III. Myths. ch.12. Introduction to Yalaku myth ; ch.13. The brothers Wantan and Mbapan and the origin of trade with river peoples ; ch.14. The origin of tobacco and other stories.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213) and index
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