Bauzi (people)
The Bauzi are a people of around 1500 tribal members who live in north-central Indonesian New Guinea .
Their settlement area lies on the lower course of the Mamberamo River. They are surrounded by a variety of other distinguishable ethnic groups, such as the Nisa , Bagusa , Trimuris , Kauwera , Burmeso , Erital , Obukultai , Biritai and others. In the past few days the Bauzi had a local animistic religion . Today they are said to be 65% Christianized . Most tribespeople no longer practice traditional warfare.
In 1985 the Bauzi caused a sensation when they attacked the Kirikiri-speaking Faia people - who only became known to a wider public in 1990 - and killed almost all adult tribesmen, as well as taking their remaining children with them and raising them themselves.
Web links
- The Bauzi ( Memento from January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )