Papua New Guinea is named the most dangerous country for tourists. The striking life of Papuans from New Guinea
Papua New GuineaEspecially its center is one of the reserved corners of the Earth, where human civilization almost did not penetrate. People live there in full dependence on nature, worship their deities and worship the perfumes of the ancestors. On the coast of the island, New Guinea is now inhabited by quite civilized people who know the official - English - language. Missilers worked for many years. However, in the center of the country something like reservation - washing tribesand who still live in the Stone Age. They know by the name every tree, bury the dead on the branches, do not have any idea what money or passport is.
They are surrounded by mountainous, overgrown with impassable jungle, where, due to high humidity and unimaginable heat, life for the Europeans is unbearable. Nobody knows a word in English there, and every tribe speaks in his own language, which in New Guinea there are about 900. The tribes live very isolated from each other, the message between them is almost impossible, so they have little dialects, and people have a friend Friend simply do not understand. A typical settlement where the Papuan tribe lives: modest huts are covered with huge leaves, in the center - something like the meadow, on which all the tribe is going, and around the jungle many kilometers. The only weapon of these people is stone axes, spears, bows and arrows. But not with their help, they hope to protect against evil spirits. They have faith in gods and spirits. In the Papuan tribe, the Mummy "Chief" is usually kept. This is a certain outstanding ancestor - the most brave, strong and clever, which fell in battle with the enemy. After death, his body was processed by a special composition to avoid tension. The leader's body is kept by a sorcerer.
It is in every tribe. This character is quite high among the relatives. Its function mainly is to communicate with the spirits of ancestors, to ensure them and ask the Council. In sorcerers, people usually go weak and unsuitable for the permanent battle for survival - in a word, old men. Witchcraft they earn their lives. White-comers from that light? The first white man who fell on this exotic continent was the Russian traveler Miklukho-Maklai. Looking around on the banks of New Guinea in September 1871, he, being an absolutely peaceful man, decided not to take the shore of the weapon, grabbed only gifts and notepad with whom he never parted. 
The locals have quite aggressively met a stranger: they launched arrows in his direction, shouting frighteningly, swung at the spears ... But Miklukho-Maclay did not respond to these attacks. On the contrary, he with the most imperturbed species sat on the grass, demonstratively removed the shoes and lay down to take off. The effort of the will traveler forced himself to fall asleep (or just made the view). And when I woke up, I saw that Papuats peacefully sit next to him and at all their eyes treat the overseas guest. Savari reasoned like this: Once a palenitis is not afraid of death, it means that he is immortal. On that and shaped. For several months I lived a traveler in the tribe of the savages. All this time, the aborigines worshiped him and revered as God. They knew that if desired, the mysterious guest could command the forces of nature. How is it?
Yes, just once Miklukho-Maclay, who was not different as Tamo-Rus - "Russian Man", or Cararan Tamo - "Man from the Moon", demonstrated to Papuas such a focus: poured into a plate with alcohol of water and set fire to a plate. Gullible locals believed that an inlets was able to set fire to the sea or stop the rain. However, Papuats are generally light. For example, they are firmly convinced that the dead go to their country and returned white from there, bringing with them a lot of useful items and food. It lives this belief in all Papuass tribes (despite that they almost do not communicate with each other), even in those who have never seen a white man. Funeral ritual Papuats know three reasons for death: from old age, from the war and from witchcraft - if death happened not clear why. If a person died his death, he will be buried. All funeral ceremonies are aimed at making spirits to the soul of the dead man. Here is a typical example of such a rite. Close relatives of the deceased are sent to the creek, so that in the sign of Mourning to make BISi - the deception of the yellow clay of the head and the rest of the body. Men at this time prepare the funeral fire in the center of the village. Not far from the fire is preparing a place where the detector will be resting before cremation.
Shells and sacred stones of the Wousy are put here - a habitat of some mystical power. Touching these stones of living strictly punishable by the laws of the tribe. On top of the stones should be a long wicker strip, decorated with pebbles, which plays the role of a bridge between the world of living and the world of the dead. The deceased put on the sacred stones, they are deceived by pork fat and clay, sprinkle with bird feathers. Then the funeral songs are beginning to sing over it, in which it is described about the outstanding merits of the deceased. Finally, the body is burned on the fire, so that the spirit of man does not return from the afterlife kingdom back. Fallen in battle - Glory! If a person died in battle, his body frightened on a fire and with the appropriate case, rituals are honorable, so that his strength and courage moves to other men. Three days after this, the fellow of the fingers sliced \u200b\u200bthe face of the deceased in the mourning sign. This custom is connected with another ancient Papuan legend. One person did not appeal to his wife. She died and hit the world. But the husband walked on her, could not live alone. He went for his wife to another world, came to the chief spirit and began to begging to return his loved to the world alive. The Spirit set the condition: the wife will return, but only if he gives a promise to relate to it in good. A man, of course, was delighted and everyone immediately promised.
The wife returned to him. But one day the husband was forgotten and again forced her hard to work. When he tried himself and remembered this promise, it was too late: his wife broke up in his eyes. My husband has only a phalanx of the finger from her. The tribe was angry and expelled him because he took away immortality from them - the opportunity to return from the world as his wife. However, in fact, the phalange of the finger for some reason slices his wife as a sign of the last gift to the dead husband. The father of the deceased commits a rite of the meager - cuts off its wooden knife the upper part of the ear and then clay shocks the bleeding wound. This ceremony is rather long and painful. After the funeral rite, Papuans are honored and the spirit of the ancestor is worshiped. For, if his soul does not hide, the ancestor will not leave the village, but will live and harm there. The spirit of the ancestor is feeding for some time, like a living, and even try to deliver sexual pleasures to him. For example, the clay statuette of the tribal god put on a stone with a hole, symbolizing a woman. The illuminated world in Papuans's representation is some kind of paradise, where a lot of food, especially meat.
Papua - New Guinea, especially its center - one of the reserved corners of the Earth, where human civilization almost did not penetrate.
People live there in full dependence on nature, worship their deities and worship the perfumes of the ancestors.On the coast of the island, New Guinea is now inhabited by quite civilized people who know the official - English - language. Missilers worked for many years.
However, in the center of the country, something like the reservation is the wrath tribes that still live in the Stone Age. They know by the name every tree, bury the dead on the branches, do not have any idea what money or passport is.
They are surrounded by mountainous, overgrown with impassable jungle, where, due to high humidity and unimaginable heat, life for the Europeans is unbearable.
Nobody knows a word in English there, and every tribe speaks in his own language, which in New Guinea there are about 900. The tribes live very isolated from each other, the message between them is almost impossible, so they have little dialects, and people have a friend Friend simply do not understand.
A typical settlement where the Papuan tribe lives: modest huts are covered with huge leaves, in the center - something like the meadow, on which all the tribe is going, and around the jungle many kilometers. The only weapon of these people is stone axes, spears, bows and arrows. But not with their help, they hope to protect against evil spirits. They have faith in gods and spirits.
In the Papuan tribe, the Mummy "Chief" is usually kept. This is a certain outstanding ancestor - the most brave, strong and clever, which fell in battle with the enemy. After death, his body was processed by a special composition to avoid tension. The leader's body is kept by a sorcerer.
It is in every tribe. This character is quite high among the relatives. Its function mainly is to communicate with the spirits of ancestors, to ensure them and ask the Council. In sorcerers, people usually go weak and unsuitable for the permanent battle for survival - in a word, old men. Witchcraft they earn their lives.
White-comers from that light?
The first white man who fell on this exotic continent was the Russian traveler Miklukho-Maklai. Looking around on the banks of New Guinea in September 1871, he, being an absolutely peaceful man, decided not to take the shore of the weapon, grabbed only gifts and notepad with whom he never parted.
Local residents have quite aggressively met a stranger: they dreamed of arrows in his direction, crushed frighteningly, smeared the spears ...
But Miklukho-Maklai did not respond to these attacks. On the contrary, he with the most imperturbed species sat on the grass, demonstratively removed the shoes and lay down to take off.
The effort of the will traveler forced himself to fall asleep (or just made the view). And when I woke up, I saw that Papuats peacefully sit next to him and at all their eyes treat the overseas guest. Savari reasoned like this: Once a palenitis is not afraid of death, it means that he is immortal. On that and shaped.
For several months I lived a traveler in the tribe of the savages. All this time, the aborigines worshiped him and revered as God. They knew that if desired, the mysterious guest could command the forces of nature. How is it?
Yes, just once Miklukho-Maclay, who was not different as Tamo-Rus - "Russian Man", or Cararan Tamo - "Man from the Moon", demonstrated to Papuas such a focus: poured into a plate with alcohol of water and set fire to a plate. Gullible locals believed that an inlets was able to set fire to the sea or stop the rain.
However, Papuats are generally light. For example, they are firmly convinced that the dead go to their country and returned white from there, bringing with them a lot of useful items and food. It lives this belief in all Papuass tribes (despite that they almost do not communicate with each other), even in those who have never seen a white man.
Funeral ritual
Papuats know three reasons for death: from old age, from the war and from witchcraft - if death happened not clear why. If a person died his death, he will be buried. All funeral ceremonies are aimed at making spirits to the soul of the dead man.
Here is a typical example of such a rite. Close relatives of the deceased are sent to the creek, so that in the sign of Mourning to make BISi - the deception of the yellow clay of the head and the rest of the body. Men at this time prepare the funeral fire in the center of the village. Not far from the fire is preparing a place where the detector will be resting before cremation.
Shells and sacred stones of the Wousy are put here - a habitat of some mystical power. Touching these stones of living strictly punishable by the laws of the tribe. On top of the stones should be a long wicker strip, decorated with pebbles, which plays the role of a bridge between the world of living and the world of the dead.
The deceased put on the sacred stones, they are deceived by pork fat and clay, sprinkle with bird feathers. Then the funeral songs are beginning to sing over it, in which it is described about the outstanding merits of the deceased.
Finally, the body is burned on the fire, so that the spirit of man does not return from the afterlife kingdom back.
Fallen in battle - Glory!
If a person died in battle, his body frightened on a fire and with the appropriate case, rituals are honorable, so that his strength and courage moves to other men.
Three days after this, the fellow of the fingers sliced \u200b\u200bthe face of the deceased in the mourning sign. This custom is connected with another ancient Papuan legend.
One person did not appeal to his wife. She died and hit the world. But the husband walked on her, could not live alone. He went for his wife to another world, came to the chief spirit and began to begging to return his loved to the world alive. The Spirit set the condition: the wife will return, but only if he gives a promise to relate to it in good. A man, of course, was delighted and everyone immediately promised.
The wife returned to him. But one day the husband was forgotten and again forced her hard to work. When he tried himself and remembered this promise, it was too late: his wife broke up in his eyes. My husband has only a phalanx of the finger from her. The tribe was angry and expelled him because he took away immortality from them - the opportunity to return from the world as his wife.
However, in fact, the phalange of the finger for some reason slices his wife as a sign of the last gift to the dead husband. The father of the deceased commits a rite of the meager - cuts off its wooden knife the upper part of the ear and then clay shocks the bleeding wound. This ceremony is rather long and painful.
After the funeral rite, Papuans are honored and the spirit of the ancestor is worshiped. For, if his soul does not hide, the ancestor will not leave the village, but will live and harm there. The spirit of the ancestor is feeding for some time, like a living, and even try to deliver sexual pleasures to him. For example, the clay statuette of the tribal god put on a stone with a hole, symbolizing a woman.
The illuminated world in Papuans's representation is some kind of paradise, where a lot of food, especially meat.
Death with a smile on the lips
In Papua - New Guinea people believe that the head is a container of the spiritual and physical power of man. Therefore, fighting with enemies, Papuats first of all seek to take possession of this part of the body.
Cannibalism for Papuans is not the desire to eat at all, but rather a magical rite, in the process of which cannibals get the mind and the strength of whom they eat. Apply this custom not only to enemies, but also to friends, and even relatives heroically fell into battle.
Especially "productive" in this sense, the process of eating a brain. By the way, it is with this rite of physicians that are very common among the cannibals of the disease of Kuru. Kuru is differently called cow rabies, which can be sick when eating an unborn animal brain (or, in this case, a person).
This cunning disease was first recorded in 1950 in New Guinea, in a tribe, where the brain of dead relatives was considered a delicacy. The disease begins with pain in the joints and head, gradually progressing, leads to the loss of coordination, trembling in their hands and legs and, oddly enough, attacks of unrestrained laughter.
German develops for many years, sometimes the incubation period is 35 years. But the most terrible - sacrifices of the disease die with a frozen smile on the lips.
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Papua New Guinea - This is one of the most unique countries on Earth in Oceania, in the southwestern part of the Pacific and not far from the Equator. With a population, only 7 million people coexist about 300 cultural communities, which communicate on more than 850 languages!
The name "Papua" comes from the Malay word "Papuva", which translated into Russian means "curly". And today we will get acquainted with the indigenous people - papuas and their beautiful tribal coloring. Multicolored reportage. (Rita Willaert photos).
As we said, papua Comes from the Malay word "Papuva", which is translated into Russian means "curly" (According to another version from Orang Papua - "Curly Chernogol Man"). This name of the island of New Guinea gave Portuguese Menesheh in 1526, noting the shape of the hair of local residents.
New Guinea Island and most other islands of the country have a mountain relief. The height of a significant part of the territory is more than 1000 m above the ocean level, and some tops of New Guinea reaches 4500 m, that is, the belts of eternal snow.
Holiday independence. The head of this Papuas is decorated with feathers of pigeons, parrots and other exotic birds. Decorations on the neck are symbols of prosperity. City of Goroka, Papua New Guinea:
Many of the mountain ranges are volcanic chains. In Papua New Guinea, 18 acting volcanoes. Most of them are in the north of the country. Strong, sometimes catastrophic earthquakes are conjugate with volcanic activity.
The feast of the Goroka is probably the most famous cultural event of captives in Papua New Guinea. It is held once a year in the city of Goroka:
The culture of Papua New Guinea is extremely diverse and here it is unlikely to highlight the common type of tradition or lifestyle for the whole country. Even within the same districts or areas, representatives of several dozen nations can live, often practically unnecessar between neither origin, nor the language.
Holiday independence. About 100 tribes come here to show your dances, music and culture. In recent years, this festival attracts many tourists, because it is one of the few opportunities to see the tribes and their colorful traditions. City of Goroka, Papua New Guinea:
Green Spiderman, Goroka City, Papua New Guinea:
Many remote Papuass tribes still have only minor contacts with the outside world.
The vegetation and animal world of Papua-New Guinea are rich and diverse. There are more than 20 thousand species of plants. Along the shores of New Guinea is extension wide (places up to 35 km) bar of mangrove vegetation.
Above 1000-2000 m forest becomes more monotonous in composition, coniferous breeds begin to prevail.
The animal world of the country is represented by reptiles, insects and especially numerous birds. In the forests and on the coast there are a lot of snakes, including poisonous, and lizards.
In Papua New Guinea, a unique bird of Kazaire lives (one of the largest birds on Earth, weighing more than 70 kg). It also meets one of the most poisonous snakes - Tai Pan. It has enough poison to kill 80 adults.
White and black coloring with red eyes:
Rhino bird beak:
Handsome man:
"Curchay people":
Under the giant snake. City of Goroka, Papua New Guinea:
All possible colors:
Decorations in the form of a big penis. This is a sign of a good fertility in the tribe:
Pay attention to the legs painted white. City of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea:
City of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea:
The head of Papuas is decorated with feathers of paradise birds (lat. Paradisaeidae):
Fur exotic animals and feathers of a paradise bird:
Papua New Guinea is one of the most amazing countries in the world characterized by a stunning cultural diversity. It is coexisted about eight hundred and fifty different languages \u200b\u200band at least as many diverse ethnic groups, although the population is hardly seven million!
The name "Papua" comes from the Malay word "Papuv", which translated into Russian means "curly", which is one of the characteristics of the hair of the inhabitants of this area.
Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous nations in the world. There are hundreds of indigenous ethnic groups, the largest of which is known as Papuans, whose ancestors arrived in a new Guinea tens of thousands of years ago. Many residents of Papuass tribes still support only minor contacts with the outside world.
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1. Independence feast on Papua New Guinea. The head of this Papuas is decorated with feathers of pigeons, paradise birds, and other exotic birds. Numerous decorations from seashells on the neck are symbols of prosperity and prosperity. In the past, shells were used in these parts as an analogue of money. A wedding gift is considered to be particularly valuable, which spouse presents his challenge.
2. Coronor, southern Highlands. - Dance of spirits in the Huli tribe.
3. The festival of the countryside on the feast of independence. On this day, it is customary from the legs to the head in the mud and dance a special dance, designed to attract good spirits. Papuans believe in the spirits, and also very memory of their deceased ancestors.
4. Papua New Guinea on the world map.
5. The holiday of the Goroka is probably the most famous cultural event of the tribes. It is held annually on the eve of Independence Day (September 16) in the city of Goroka.
6. The settlement of the Tari is located in the center of the province of Huli South Highland. This is the second largest settlement in the province, you can reach it on the road from Mendi. So the traditional outfit of the resident of this settlement looks like.
7. Okawo Hundreds of tribes arrives at the festival of the row to demonstrate its culture, traditional music and dancing. For the first time, this festival was held in the 1950s on the initiative of missionaries. In recent years, tourists have often gained at the festival, because this is one of the few opportunities to see the real live culture of local tribes.
8. Green spider is one of the traditional participants in the hodge.
9. Drummer at the festival of the row.
10. Man with painted yellow paint face on the festival of a hump.
11. Pay attention to the necklace from seashells.
12. One of the traditional coloring is black with red peas.
13. The combination of red, yellow and orange is particularly welcome. And, of course, the obligatory necklace of seashells is the more massive, the better.
14. Another option of the festive coloring is black and white, with almy rings around the eyes.
15. Very often, the keys of bird-rhinos are used to decorate. This is a family of birds of Rakshye-shaped. Includes 57 species living in Africa and Southeast Asia, on the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They have a very bright plumage that is often used to make hauling.
16. Another option is a festive coloring.
17. These people are representatives of the hairdresser. They, however, have nothing to do with conventional hairdressers. With the help of special rituals, they force their hair to grow faster so that you can create a traditional hairstyle.
18. The de Biai tribe lives in the forests of the Western province.
19. Farming of colors - red, pink, white in blue clock ...
20. Decorations, symbolizing fertility.
21. Decorations symbolize power, succeeding and fertility.
22. The tribe living on Mount Hagen during a ritual song.
23. The same, front view.
24. Headgear made of Paradise bird feathers.
25. Headdress made of fur and feathers of a paradise bird.
26. Fur skirt and necklace from bones.
27. Another headdress from the plumage of paradise birds.
Photo report from the amazing expedition of the English photographer Jimmy Nelson in Indonesia and Papua - New Guinea. I advise you to see further how the tribes live on this territory, until they finally disappeared from the face of the earth.
Huli.
Papua New Guinea
It is believed that the first people migrated to the island of New Guinea more than 45 thousand years ago. Today, more than 3 million people (half of the population of Papua - New Guinea) live in mountainous areas. Many of the local communities are involved in the intergovernmental conflicts of a different scale over the Millennium.
The struggle between tribes goes for land, pigs and women. Incredible efforts are attached to impress the opponent. Men Huli, the largest of local tribes, paint their faces in yellow, red and white colors, and are famous for the tradition of making wigs from their own hair. The ax with claws completes the frightening effect.
Asaro.
Papua New Guinea
A small agricultural clans, distinguished by customs and traditions speaking different languages \u200b\u200blive across the entire Nagorno Plateau. The famous "dirty" Asaro was first met with representatives of the Western world only in the middle of the 20th century.
In accordance with the ancient legend, the men of this tribe were forced to flee from the enemy, and at night she was covered by the Asaro River. At dawn, the enemy saw how they climb their feet, completely covered with mud, and decided that these were perfume. Asaro is still used dirt and masks to bring horror to other tribes.
Kalam
Papua New Guinea
Eastern Half of New Guinea received complete independence from Australia in 1975, then the state of Papua - New Guinea was formed. The indigenous population is one of the most heterogeneous in the world. The first visitors were very impressed with the gardens and ariats carefully planned in the valleys. Women of these tribes are very good farmers. Men hunt and fight with other tribes.
Goroka.
Papua New Guinea
Life is simple in alpine villages. There is quite good food, strong families and a reverent attitude towards natural phenomena. People live hunting, plant harvesting and growing crops ... and of course, interrecoperable wars.
Dani.
Indonesia
The Balia Valley is located at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level, on the Jayavird Mountain Ridge, in the province of Papua, located in the Indonesian part of the New Guinea Island. The Dani tribe lives in this valley. They are farmers and they have an effective irrigation system. Archaeological studies prove that people cultivated this valley already 9 thousand years ago.
Dani often had to fight for their territory, defending it from raids of other tribes. They are called the most terrible in these edges head hunters. It is amazing, given the fact that they did not eat their enemies, unlike most other Papua tribes.
Yali.
Indonesia
One of the tribes inhabiting the Balian Valley region is the "Lord of the Earth" Yali. They live in the virgin forests of mountainous areas. Yali officially recognized by pygmes - men here grow no more than 150 cm.
Papuassic tribes, differing in externally, and speakers in different languages, have a similar lifestyle. They are all polygamins, they have similar rituals for important cases. Kotka - a kind of penis case made from the fruit of dried pumpkin Calebas, is part of traditional clothes and a sign of breeding identity.
Korowai.
Indonesia
South of the Jayavird Mountain Ridge is located lowland a large area. There are many rivers, fop, swamps and mangrove forests. This is the habitat of the Korowai tribe, whose people have believed before the early 1970s that they are the only people on earth.
Cows are one of the few Papuass tribes that do not wear Kotka. Instead, men wrap their own deals in large leaves of local plants, and firmly connected. They are gathet hunters living in houses on trees. Strictly divide male and female rights and obligations.
