Kokospalme und Brotfruchtbaum : Siedlungs-Vorstellungen der Sawos und Kwanga, Sepik-Gebiet, Papua-Neuguinea
In this paper I analyse the concepts about settlement of two cultures in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. These concepts include ideas of space orientation. Further points of the analysis are: the founding of villages, settlement patterns, ceremonial ground, symbolic expressions for their villa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | http://www.geogr-helv.net/38/3/1983/gh-38-3-1983.pdf |
| Summary: | In this paper I analyse the concepts about settlement
of two cultures in the Sepik region of Papua New
Guinea. These concepts include ideas of space
orientation. Further points of the analysis are: the
founding of villages, settlement patterns, ceremonial
ground, symbolic expressions for their villages and
rituals for village strength and unity. Among the
Sawos we have the comparison between village and
house, the founding of a village is compared to the
building of a house. The first settlers of a village who
are called the «coconut people» are of great importance for the settlement. The ceremonial ground
contains symbolically cultural elements which are the
centre of the village. The Sawos speak of their village
as a female being. The Kwanga and the Sawos have as
symbol for their village the coconut palm. Among the
Kwanga the breadfruit-tree is associated with settlement and human birth. |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |