Sawi
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The Sawi are a tribal people of Western New Guinea, Indonesia. They were known to be cannibalistic [1] headhunters as recently as the 1950's.
Since then, many of the tribe have converted to Christianity and the world's largest circular building made strictly from un-milled poles was constructed in 1972 as a Christian meeting place by the Sawi[2]. Christian missionary Don Richardson who lived among the Sawi wrote a book about the experience called Peace Child.
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- Peace Child (1974) ISBN 1576582892
- Tucker, Ruth (1983). From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. ISBN 0310239370.
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