Pygmies - Yali Tribe

First, I made this post for LIA assignment so this post 100% english. I want to talk about Pygmies - Yali Tribe.

Yali Tribe description

One of the tribes in Papua New Guinea, is Yali Tribe. They discovered around 1970s. They live in the forests of the highlands, Jayawijaya Mountain. The Yali are officiallya recognised as pygmies, with men standing at just 150cm tall. Yali Tribe is most likely the smallest of Papuan nation, because that not all the nations living in New Guinea (including Irian Jaya) have yet been discovered. And,Yali Tribe is known for its cannibalistic practice. Papuan tribes, different in appearance and language, have a similar way of life. They are all polygamist and conduct rituals for important occasions. Bit scary, right?

Story of cannibalism

Yali Tribe belonged to the most dreaded cannibals of the western part of the New Guinea Island (Irian Jaya). Also, Yalis couldn't visit each other, so every valley or every region of Yali Tribe developed in the different way. People from the neighboring villages were not only killed for revenge, sometimes just for meat...

Highland

Yali Tribe lives in very steep, but very beautiful highlands in west Papua. Yalis member lives 2500 - 2000m above the sea level. There are 2 ways to reach them. First, you can trekking, but also very difficult trek. This several day long trek starts at Wamena (18000m). The trek is so difficult because the Papuans mountain are very rugged and steep. Second, the alternative is a plane. To see the Yalis you flew in to see, you will have to follow them to their villages, which lie in the mountain. The fantastic sceneries which will be offered as a reward for this effort, will remain in your memories.

Yali Tribe People and Culture

Yalis people divided into two big groups, Yali Highland and Yali Lowland.

Yali Highland, live in round huts build from cut planks and roofs made of pandan leaves. Women and men live separately. Women have their own houses, men in community houses (honai). Men wear traditional big "rattan" skirts and kotekas. Women wear traditional small and short skirts made of grass.

Yali Lowland, this members are significantly different from highland Yali. Men just wear kotekas. Women dont wear small four-layer skrits, but long skirts made of grass. Lowland Yali almost live in isolation and are thus affected by outside influence only to a very small degree.

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