West Papua V – Echoes of the Stone Age
When Heinrich Harrer finally walked into ‘the stone age’ at Jae-Li-Me after a long period of effort and danger from both the extreme environment and some hostile villages he described it as one of the most striking moments of his travelling life.
In a region which has gone from cannibalism to Rolling Stones t-shirts and hundreds [...]
Raja Ampat Papua, Indonesia and Phi Phi Island, Thailand
Raja Ampat Islands (Four Kings) is an archipelago located in the west of Papua in West Papua province. It comprises over 1.500 small islands surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo.
he view of Raja Ampat is similar with the view of Phi Phi Island, Thailand. Phi Phi Island was the place [...]
Anggota DPR Papua Asal Pegunungan Gelar “Bakar Batu”
Jayapura (ANTARA News) – Sebanyak 33 dari 53 anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Papua (DPRP) asal daerah Pegunungan Tengah, Provinsi Papua, Sabtu (17/10) di Jayapura menggelar acara “Bakar Batu” sebagai bentuk ucapan syukur atas terpilihnya mereka menjadi anggota legislatif pada Pemilu 9 April lalu.
Pantauan ANTARA, acara bakar batu yang merupakan kebudayaan khas masyarakat daerah Pegunungan Papua [...]
Banyak Lokasi Arkeologis di Papua Belum Terjamah
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Jayapura (ANTARA News) – Penelitian arkeologi di Papua membutuhkan banyak sumber daya manusia (SDM) yang memiliki keahlian di bidang tersebut karena wilayah penelitiannya sangat luas dan menantang.
“Sejarah perkembangan antropologi di Papua cukup signifikan yang menjadi bahan kajian dan penelitian arkeologi yang sangat berharga,” ungkap Kepala Balai Arkeologi Jayapura, M.Irfan Mahmud di Jayapura, Kamis.
Menurutnya, jumlah [...]
More on Conspiracy Theories: New Guinea (Andrew Johnson, Australia)
Posted on September 30th, 2009 JE No comments
Andrew Johnson writes:
Oh my goodness, WAIS is discussing conspiracy theories. Well as long as we
acknowledge that these are speculations, and not to be taken too seriously…
I would suggest that nobody would organise an assassination unless they had
one heck of a fiscal motive, a potential pay-off [...]
Who are the Kamoro?
The Jakarta Post
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Kamoro are an ethno-linguistic group of more than 18,000 people spread throughout 40 villages along the South Central coast of Papua on the Arafura Sea.”10,000 years ago they could have walked the land bridge to Australia,”says Kamoro cultural consultant, Kal Muller.
More than 70 percent of Kamoro still live traditional [...]
Papua’s Art Rebuilds Lost Traditions
The Jakarta Post
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Trisha Sertori, Contributor, Gianyar
Blue-throated cassowaries stride through emerald jungles, wallabies shuffle through leaf litter and birds of paradise call out across an ancient forest canopy and black rivers that
slither their way to the sea -this is the Papua of the imagination.
The land riding the edge of real and illusion is [...]
Lani Ninone Paga Liru Mbaniyak Yonggo Pogo
Wa, website yi ebe Lani ninone paga abu lek aret me, pertama aret eko.
Ninalik ariyak ti, ninebe, ninanggwen, ninagayongga, tewe-pagi, kambak-inenuk, ninone, ninandogon, ninendawe ti abuwa nen aret me, Papua Merdeka yi ekwe logonet, nit ninone paga ambe inom lengganiyak abu perlu aret mba’nuk mbanggorak me, pekawok.
Nde Lani Ninone ebe perak, egu kata-kata nit ninone paga lek kenok, ata nit ninone paga [...]
Behavior: Abstemious Dani
hey do not make love during the first two years of marriage, and they abstain completely for four to six years after the birth of a child. Premarital and extramarital sex are virtually unknown, and there is apparently no homosexuality or other sexual outlet. What is more, no one seems to show any signs of [...]