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Korowai - An Overview

 

In this overview I refer to specific subjects from the daily life and symbolic environment of the Korowai:

General Orientation   Who are the Korowai Number Language History and Cultural Relationships Their Houses	EconomY   Subsistence Commercial Activities Industrial Activities Trade Division of Labor Land in property	KINSHIP Kin Groups and Descent Kinship Terminology Avunculate and Levirate Avoidance Relationships
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE Marriage Domestic Unit Inheritance Socialization	SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION Social and Political Organization Social Control Coping with Conflicts	RELIGIE AND EXPRESSION Religious Beliefs Religious Functions Ceremonial Customs Arts Medicine Death and Hereafter
FACING THE KOROWAI Portrait Gallery Slideshow	REFERENTIES Short Bibliography   Elaborated Bibliography Links to the World Wide Web Information about other Papuan Peoples	TEXTS Oral Tradition of the Korowai