Western New Guinea Essays

  • Korowai Tribe from New Guinea

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    People There is a diversity of tribes that the human society was once uninformed of its existence. Until the 1970, mankind was unaware of the Korowai society existence. The Korowai also known as Kolufu are from the southwestern part of the western part of New Guinea. The Korowai tribe follows a common language, economic system, and an exceptional lifestyle. They practice ritual cannibalism and have incredible architecture knowledge. In the verge of extinction the Korowai continue to practice their unique

  • Korowai Tribe

    1232 Words  | 3 Pages

    There is a diversity of tribes that the human society was once uninformed of its existence. Until the 1970, mankind was unaware of the Korowai society existence. The Korowai also known as Kolufu are from the southwestern part of the western part of New Guinea. The Korowai tribe follows a common language, economic system, and an exceptional lifestyle. They practice rituals and have incredible architectural knowledge. In the verge of extinction the Korowai tribe continues to practice their unique culture

  • Korowai Tribe Case Study

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    The Korowai (aka the Kolufo) A. Scope and Applications What is the social function of indigenous knowledge systems? The Korowai tribe live under a male dominated society where leadership structures are based on personal qualities of strong men rather by institution or inheritance. Sleeping areas are divided between genders. Children sleep in the females' room and are raised by their mother and other clan females. Once old enough, male teens move to the male room. Marriage is exogamous and polygamous

  • Papua New Guinea Case Study

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    Papua New Guinea International Marketing Project We will focus on the potential for future tourism industry investment opportunities in Papua New Guinea. Introduction Papua New Guinea, occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, North of Australia. The capital is Port Moresby. The Western half of New Guinea is a part of Indonesia. Papua New Guinea is one of the worlds most ethnically and naturally diverse

  • Overview of Papua New Guinea

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    Approximately 100 miles (160km) north of Australia, situates the second largest island in the south pacific called Papua New Guinea; occupying the eastern half of the rugged tropical island of New Guinea and some 700 offshore islands. With its comparative area size slightly larger than California, Papua New Guinea is about 287,595 miles in total area, of which 281,394 miles is land and 6,201 miles is water and accumulative of 3,201 miles of coastline. The central part of the island is composed of

  • Gebusi Research Paper

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    In the rough and tropical island of Papua New Guinea, lived an exceptional aggregation of individuals called, The Gebusi. In the 1980's, The Gebusi tribe was anything besides up to date and acculturated. The Gebusi had their own particular singular and special customs and conventions that they rehearsed and accompanied. The Gebusi tribe took part in custom homosexuality, divination or witchcraft was exceedingly respected and polished, and they partook in particular sister-trade relational unions

  • Papua New Guinea Essay

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    Papua New Guinea is located on the island of New Guinea in the south Pacific ocean. That island is the second largest island on earth after after Greenland. Papua New Guinea’s territory contains the entire eastern side of the island and shares it with West Papua which controls the western part of the island. New Guinea also controls hundreds of other islands around the island of New Guinea. Other then Australia to the South, Indonesia, and Singapore to the West, there are many smaller neighboring

  • Headhunting in Southeast Asia

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    The practice of taking and preserving a head of a slain enemy, known as head hunting, has occurred throughout the world from ancient times into the 20th century. Headhunting tribes believed that the head was the most important part of the body, and taking it weakened the power of the enemy. Because the head was seen as so powerful, head hunting developed into human sacrifice. In many societies, some men were not allowed to marry until they have taken their first head. In Indonesia, Wona Kaka, a famous

  • Language Extinction: Melanisian

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    frizzy hair ("Endangered Languages"). They are near Australia and they lie in a semicircle off the northeast coast of that continent (“Wikipeadia”). Within the region the countries of Melanesia are Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Santa Cruz, and New Caledonia. People mistakenly think that Melanesian languages are classified under the Polynesia languages ("Lost Language, Lost Culture"). Fiji is part of Melanesia; who has migrated from Vanuatu and some of the smaller outer islands are

  • The Last Savage

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    of “The Selling of the Last Savage,” the truth lies somewhere in the middle. A freelance writer born and raised in the Unites States, Behar is aghast after discovering Kelly Woolford, a ruffian promising outfitted, “first-contact” trips in Papua New Guinea. Woolford’s first-contact trips promise to expose tourists to native tribes who have never before seen outsiders, hence a first contact with the outside world. Before embarking on his first-contact trip, Behar fears that the trip, if real, is morally

  • The Mae Enga

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    The Mae Enga Over the centuries the Enga people of Papua New Guinea have adapted certain cultural characteristics to cope with varying environmental and social changes. Some aspects of the Enga peopleís lives that have shown the most cultural adaptation to the surrounding ecosystem are their horticultural practices, system of tribal warfare and clan organization. Through these adaptations, the Enga have gained ways to regulate their population, reduce their risk, control, communal resources

  • Papua New Guinea Argumentative Essay

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    While the people of Spain were driving cars and flying planes the people of Papua New Guinea were still in the stone age. Why is this? Why couldn’t Papua New Guinea advance their technology like the rest of the world? For civilizations to be equal they need to be able to develop at the same pace, this didn’t happen due to everyone not having the same geography. Most people believe inequality comes from race, intelligence, and religion. In the end inequality simply comes from geography. The Europeans

  • Guns, Germs, And Steel Review

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    Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating, but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea, as opposed to, say, an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes" of his book: the dramatic Spanish conquest of the Incas;

  • Essay On Tree Kangaroo

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    kangaroos are in danger of their habitats being destroyed and over hunting, but the everyday person can help these wonderful creatures. You can act through many programs such as the World Wildlife Foundation, National Geographic, Forest Programme Papua New Guinea, the Forest Stewardship Council (for wood products), the United Nations Environment Programme, and many more. You can donate to these organisations to support them and their fight against over exploitation or simply take into refe...

  • Resources and Governance in Papua New Guinea

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    The Independent State of Papua New Guinea, like many of its neighbors, has struggled with issues of governance issues since the country gained independence in 1975. The influx of foreign capital and currency that will result from the exploration of Papua New Guinea’s natural gas resources will certainly affect the country. The new financial resources provide an opportunity to improve infrastructure and create an avenue for the majority of the people of Papua New Guinea to join the formal economy.

  • Be Your Own Boss: A Case of Papua New Guinea

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    be developed or developing there are certain similar predicaments that persists. One such predicament for the government and the people is unemployment. Papua New Guinea has its own fair share of this problem. Jobs are scarce in Papua New Guinea Kuimbakul (2011) elucidate that of the 50,000 school leavers each year there are only 10,000 new jobs, which means around 40,000 educated young people cannot find paid jobs which then results in other social problems. If you graduate and do not get a job or

  • Deep Ocean Mining Essay

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    multi-national company reached an agreement with Papua New Guinea that would allow them to open up the world’s first deep ocean mine. There are many groups who are against this agreement. One of the major ones being Greenpeace who argue that the marine ecosystem would never recover, and that the loss of species potentially unknown to science outweighs the need for raw materials. There are also those who welcome the agreement, citing that it could potentially be a new frontier in mining. This would allow for more

  • The Role Of Geography In Guns, Germs, And Steel

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    Guns, Germs, and Steel America some people are going out and buying hundreds of dollars of food to provide their families while in papua New Guinea people are trying to figure out what they are going to eat that night.Geography can answer why the world is so unequal and why some countries are thousands of years in front of others. Some civilizations are thousands of years in front because geography affects agriculture, domesticated animals, steel, and germs. Each of these plays a special role in

  • Indigenous Australian Exhibitions

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    Australian exhibition halls have had an initiative part in the more extensive acknowledgment of the wealth of Indigenous Australian society and in tending to the historical backdrop of contact between Indigenous Australians and those whose familial starting points lay somewhere else. Late decades have seen real changes in semi-lasting and interim Indigenous displays in every single real exhibition hall, and there have been various occasions and symposia, for example, the Australian Museum's two

  • Globalization and Culture

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    clothes in MEDC countries embark. From the economic benefits to the cultural influence on Zambia, Hansens work shows the role secondhand clothes plays in both Zambia and the western world. Economically, the distribution of secondhand clothes is a win-win situation for both giving and receiving nations. It is profitable for the western world, while being affordable and accessible for Zambians. This notion of fair-trade shows how globalization can have massive benefits. In this case Zambia benefiting from