Hello friends!!!! meet me again! ok, in this post i want to talk about Dani people.
Dani people, also spelled Ndani and sometimes conflated with the Lani group to the west, are a people from the central highlands of western New Guinea (the Indonesian province of papua, comprising the larger Eastern part of the former province Irian Jaya).
The Dani were only discovered in the summer of 1938. They did not come in contact with other people on account of the fact that the highlands had 150 miles of virtually unpassable territory and there was no available food for explorers to eat on the way. They were discovered only after the advent of flight.
They are one of the most populous tribes in the highlands, and are found spread out through the highlands. The Dani are one of the most well-known ethnic groups in Papua, due to the small numbers of tourists who visit the Baliem Valley area where they predominat
The interesting things about dani people is their language. Linguists identify at least four sub-groupings of Dani language
- Lower-Grand Valley Dani (20,000 speakers)
- Mid-Grand Valley Dani (50,000 speakers)
- Upper-Grand Valley Dani (20,000 speakers)
- and the Lani or Western Dani (180,000 speakers)
The Dani language differentiate only two basic colours, mili for cool/dark shades such as blue, green, and black, and mola for warm/light colours such as red, yellow, and white. This trait makes it an interesting field of research for language psychologists, e.g. Eleanor Rosch, eager to know whether there is a link between way of thought and language
next i want to talk about the existence of dani people.
The existence of Dani people was first discovered in 1938 by American guy, Richard Archold that notice for something special between the area and the indigenous. Dani People are live in Baliem Valey, and the area is the most fertile part of the highland covering the west of the New Guinea Island, Papua. Baliem Valley lies about 1800 m above the sea level, and it is surrounded by a crest of mountians some of which reach up to 4500 m. There are even some fish in the Baliem River which flows through the valley.
you know the religion of dani?? ok i want to share to you.
After the entrance of civilization into Wamena, the influence of European Missionaries made this area become the base Protestant mission in Hetegima Wamena, in 1955. After the Dutch build Wamena city, Catholic religion was become entrance the societies.
Even they are hold Catholic religion, Dani people are still held their ceremonial tradition that live among their ancient heritage. Dani people are more likely to be called as Parim people. Dani people have great respect for their ancestors. This reverence usually done through the ceremony the party pig.Before holding Catholic religion, the early concept of their believe was called as Atou, which is the concept of the power of the ancestors that inherited patrilineally or to the men heir. Those powers are include of, strength to maintain the garden, the power to heal illness and refused reinforcements and enrich the soil strength.
and the culture of dani? do you know? mmm... ok i want to talk about this,
In Dani’s culture, yams and pigs are the most important thing within their society. Yam is being used to be a bartering tool and become important thing for dowries. Likewise the pig, is playing the important role for some ceremonies. Another thing which brought fame to the Dani tribe are the several hundred years old ”smoked” mummies of famous tribesmen.
Overall, The Dani is the magnificent themselves
And you know what??? oh my god im so scared when i read about this. read this friends!! you will be scared too (peace)
in 1961, as a member of the Harvard-Peabody study, filmmaker Robert Gardner began recording the Dani of the Baliem River Valley. In 1965, he created the film Dead Birds from this experience. Gardner emphasizes the themes of death and people-as-birds in Dani culture. "Dead birds" or "dead men" are terms the Dani use for the weapons and ornaments taken from the enemy during battle (wim). These trophies are displayed during the two day dance of victory (edai) after an enemy is killed.
Michael Rockefeller, son of former Vice-President of the United States Nelson Rockefeller, was a member of the Harvard-Peabody study and involved in the production of Dead Birds. While conducting further research on the Asmat people elsewhere in New Guinea, Michael Rockefeller disappeared. His body was never found.
like in eiffel tower's post i want to post the pictures of dani's and before you scroll your mouse i say sorry to you, maybe it is little pornographic. it was already like that :)
oh yess! and the intersting picture i want to share to you is the famoust mummy in papua. amazing right?? and this is the picture
ok friends that's all i want to post thank you. LOVE INDONESIA!
with love
-salma-
taken from google and http://indonesia-tourism.com/blog/2010/05/baliem-valey-and-the-dani/
