Living in the jungle of Papua Tree House
In the midst of pomp and progress of this country, there are still parts that have a habit of eating human flesh.They live in groups on the southern part of the tree in the wilds of Papua. Cannibal? There are even travel agents who offer excursions for a few days to stay with the cannibals.Wow! Papua famous for its wealth of natural resources and the diversity of his tribe. One is the Korowai tribe, the only tribe of cannibals is still remaining to this day. They control an area of 600 square kilometers in the south island of New Guinea. They are actually intelligent tribes, proved they were able to build a community with a village man who is difficult to live in general. Besides fond of eating human flesh, they live each day by eating a wide variety of natural products, such as sago, bananas, palms, ferns, and the animals that can be hunted.
In addition to consuming prey animals such as cassowaries, snakes, lizards, deer, or wild boar, the Korowai tribe also eat beetle larvae.
TRIBE WOMEN KOROWAI
Life in the Korowai clans have a particular custom, as a man who became the leader of forbidden family quarrel or abuse the law and if it is breached his meal would be affected by the disease.
Daughters Korowai tribe (mbambam) more grown up and lived with his mother and her clan in the ladies room contained in the tree house. Similarly, boys who begin adolescence or puberty already be in place in the men's room in a tree house. Babies are always carried in a bag that hangs in the body of the mother (ainop) making it easier breastfeeding whenever the baby wants.
Marriage in the Korowai tribe is exogamy (intermarriage between tribes) and polygamy. A man can not marry his first wife before the age of twenty years. However, a woman can be married when I was just a teenager or even younger age. A young woman who is married must learn to adjust to changes in the husband's mind and desires suddenly, with resistance against physical punishment they might receive.Therefore, a girl will be taught how to perform a task - the task of adult women in their very young age, so maybe at the age of ten years they will be married to an older man and a woman do the complete job in terms of dealing with the economic affairs of the family , social and sexual life.
HUNTING OF INTEREST KOROWAI
Pigs in Society Korowai used in-between family dispute resolution, and also sacrificed in the complex when the ceremony with blood letting them into the river as a sacrifice to the gods. Pigs play a role in the religious life of Korowai also filled with all kinds of spirits - on top of all the spirits of their ancestors who sacrificed an animal at the time of difficulty. Traditional festivities better enjoyed by Korowai and Kombai is fed from Sago, other foods that are tasty grubs of the beetle, which is the harvest of sago tree.
HEAD OF INTEREST KOROWAI
Manasseh was the name of a man who Korowai tribe thin-boned, with distinctive curly hair Papua. He is the head of Korowai, still happy living with members of his tribe in the jungle. He said members of his tribe still love fighting lifestyle, hunting, adultery and murder to this day. He said the practice of cannibalism is still going on there, to this day, especially when caught stealing, practicing suanggi (demonic / witchcraft), commit adultery, no doubt they would be killed and his body eaten together. First, Manasseh women prefer the breast and may be due to a lot of fat.
PIG HUNTING
In everyday life, this dark-skinned people only wear clothes from the leaves and have a wide variety of weapons forms. It is adjusted to what they would hurry. Suppose, special spear to kill a human, and wild boar chop sago. Korowai public not to consume human flesh in vain. Based on their religious beliefs, Korowai tribe only kill people who violate the rules in their beliefs. One of them if one of the people known as witches or khuakhua.
Khuakhua citizens suspected to be tried. If a lot of evidence he would soon be killed and eaten. Khuakhua limb offender who has been sentenced to death will be distributed to all members of the tribe. While his brain will be eaten while warm. The person charged with killing khuakhua is entitled to keep his skull.
Habit of killing and eating human flesh is part of their criminal justice system. Once they consume the body khuakhua, they will be banging on the walls of their homes with wood high while singing all night.
Maybe for people who are not members of Korowai tribe, eat human beings seperrti it is very disgusting and senseless and terrible. But in reality, until now the tribe Korowai still practice the culture. Almost everyone in the Korowai tribe had come to eat human flesh. So, for those not cannibalism is taboo and can be done anytime.
HOUSE TRIBE KOROWAI
Residence of the members of the Korowai tribe is located high above the middle of the tree of the wilderness. In the Papuan highlands forest tree houses cannibal tribe was greeted explorers from around the world.
The simple houses made of palm leaf midrib, producing sago tree. To the roof of his home and base is made from balsa Katu who shaved skin with a knife coral. This makes the tree house was not simple because it is who are 40-50 feet off the ground. The house can accommodate 5 family development process takes a minimum of 2 years.
Actually, it is not suitable if the Korowai tribe of primitive thought. Seen from the strict rules in terms of ethical decency compared with modern society in general. Evidently, the condition of the house measuring 6 X 11 X 7 meters is divided into two rooms the men's room and ladies room complete with veranda, respectively. Men are not allowed in spatial woman, and vice versa. Let alone get in, to talk was not done face to face but through the barrier. Exception for men who are breast-feeding women should be in the room until they stop breastfeeding. Booth women also became a storage area all assets and pets, ranging from pig tusk necklaces, dog teeth, shell necklaces to dog and pig.
Interestingly, although both tribes of Papua, not all among the tribes that could climb the Korowai. There are certain techniques and only tribal tree house that can do it. If till slip and fall would certainly seriously injured or even death would be frowning. Problem climbing, Korowai tribe are expert, imagine how they bring dogs and pigs from below was taken up into the house and vice versa. Korowai woman also likes to dress up, ranging from nose jewelry gantungi antecedent of rattan and necklaces of shells. Arm bracelets decorated with rattan roots and small loincloth for covering genitalia. Whereas men only naked.Data refer to the social services, the number of Korowai reach 2000 families and through programs like the laid-down tree aka other Papuans only managed 92 families while most chose to remain on the tree. Over time's journey, is no longer clear how many members of this tribe is growing or shrinking due to disease, war and other consequences.When most of the Korowai tribe members began to want to settle down trees common in homes, they are more open to talking with people from outside their tribe. Some members of the Korowai tribe has strenuously denied that man-eating craze.
They explain, what is done is only limited to the ritual to remind others that which was already too far. Those who already live on land said Korowai tribe did not play arrows when meeting new entrants or other tribes. Moreover, then ate the meat.
in many parts of Papua unspoiled by the outside environment, and the natural beauty is much more natural in Papua compare other places. Papua is not a hazard hotspots and tourists to visit.
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