Wiru people
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The Wiru are a people of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
. They speak the Wiru language
. Among their rituals is the production of timbuwarra
out of rattan
.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. They speak the Wiru language
Wiru language
Wiru or Witu is the language spoken by the Wiru people of Ialibu-Pangia District of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a language isolate within the family of Trans–New Guinea languages.-Further reading:...
. Among their rituals is the production of timbuwarra
Timbuwarra
The timbuwarra, or timbuwara , is a type of ritual figure produced by the Wiru people of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea...
out of rattan
Rattan
Rattan is the name for the roughly 600 species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia.- Structure :...
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Reference
- "Outside and Inside Meanings: Non-Verbal and Verbal Modalities of Agonistic Communication the Wiru of Papua New Guinea" in Man and Culture in Oceania, Vol. 15