Huli people
 Huli wigman, Papua New Guinea | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (Approximately 90,000 [1]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southern Highlands districts of Tari, Koroba, Margaraima and Komo, Papua New Guinea. | |
| Languages | |
| Huli language | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional beliefs, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indigenous Papuan peoples of West Papua and Papua New Guinea, other Melanesians |
The Huli or Haroli are an indigenous people who live in the Southern Highlands districts of Tari, Koroba, Margaraima and Komo, of Papua New Guinea. They have lived in their current area for about 1000 years. They speak primarily Huli and Tok Pisin; many also speak some of the surrounding languages, and some also speak English. They are one of the largest cultural groups in Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 90,000.[1]
History
The Huli have lived in their region for 1,000 years and recount lengthy oral histories relating to individuals and their clans. They were extensive travellers (predominantly for trade) in both the highlands and lowlands surrounding their homeland, particularly to the south. The Huli were not known to Europeans until November 1934, when at least fifty of them were killed by the Fox brothers, two adventurers unsuccessfully looking for gold who had just parted with the more famous explorers Mick and Dan Leahy.[2]
Society
References
- 1 2 Modern Loves: The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship & Companionate Marriage By Jennifer S. Hirsch, Holly Wardlow, p.53, 2006
- ↑ Chris Ballard, "La Fabrique de l'histoire", in Isabelle Merle and Michel Naepels, Les Rivages du temps: Histoire et anthropologie du Pacifique, Paris: L'Harmattan, « Cahiers du Pacifique Sud contemporain », 2003, pp. 111-34.
Sources
- Lomas, G.C.J. (1998). "The Huli People of Papua New Guinea: A study in sociolinguistic change". Retrieved 2006-06-22.
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- Frankel, S. (1980) "I am a Dying Man: Pathology of Pollution," Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 4, pp. 95–117.
- Glasse, R. (1974) "Masks of Venery: Symbols of Sex Antagonism in the Papua New Guinea Highlands," Homme 14:2, pp. 79–86; 1968; The Huli of Papua, Mouton and Company, Paris.
- Hage, P. and F. Harary. (1981) "Pollution Beliefs in Highland New Guinea," Man 16, pp. 367–375.
- Lomas, G.C.J. (1998). Huli People of Papua New Guinea
- Meshanko, R. (1985) The Gospel Amongst the Huli, Master's Dissertation, Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC.
- Teske, G. (1978) "Christianizing the Sangai," Point 2, pp. 71–102.