Idam (New Guinea)

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Idam
State : Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Province : Flag of Sandaun.svg Sandaun
Coordinates : 4 ° 9 ′  S , 141 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 4 ° 9 ′  S , 141 ° 16 ′  E
 
Residents : 638 (Idam CD, 1980)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Idam (Papua New Guinea)
Idam
Idam

Idam refers to a region in New Guinea . The Idam region (Idam Census District, Idam CD) in the Yapsie Rural local-level government of the Telefomin District of the Sandaun Province is only sparsely populated and rainforest.

Population and nature

The inhabitants of the Idam region speak Abau , a subgroup of the Sepik Ramu languages ​​( Papua language ) spoken in the upper Sepik Basin from the state border to the Bewani Mountains on the north coast. Here in Idam and on the August River in the west, the Up-River dialect was spoken in the past, but has since been replaced by the Down-River dialect of the Middle Sepik. The upper reaches of the river in the mountains are counted as part of the Mianmin (or Suganga , Ok family of the Trans New Guinea languages ) culture of the inner highlands, while the small region of the Amto-Musan can be found in the mountains in the east . Left May languages ​​predominate in the neighboring regions of the upper May River to the east .

In the villages of Idam No. 1 (Bablediam, Anaiehyom) , Idam No. 2 (Seleliam) and Bisiaburu live about 600 people, the inhabitants of the mountain villages Idam 1 and 2 are spread over a dozen camps. In Idam No. 1 there was a school in 1980, in Idam No. 2 a small church, the mission station is the parish of St. Isidore Idam. It was reported, however, that the residents are increasingly giving up churches that used to stand in every village. The Idam were particularly hostile to the Amto from the neighboring Simaiya Valley before the government banned tribal fighting.

Idam No. 1 has an airstrip (built in the 1960s), Idam No. 2 is a little southwest of it, Bisiaburu is two hours paddle from there, another two hours are to Iaburu am Sepik.

The Idam folk art is described as relatively independent, especially the painted large shields , some of which are souvenirs from the Empress Augusta River Expedition 1912/13 in the Ethnological Museum (formerly the Museum of Ethnology) in Berlin.

literature

  • Barry Craig :: The Abau and Amto - Introduction to the Legends of the Abau and Amto of West Sepik Province . In: Oral history , Volume 8, No. 4/5, Institute of Papua New Guinea, 1980, pp. 1-44 ( online, uscngp.com , illustrated work on the Idam-Simaiya / Amto region).
  • Barry Craig (Ed.): Legends of the Abau, Idam Valley. Part 2 of two issues on the West Sepik province. In: Oral history , Volume 8, No. 5, Institute of Papua New Guinea, 1980, pp. 1–92 ( online , uscngp.com)

Web links

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Abau. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) on papuaweb.org. (Collection of materials, typewritten; more precise references are missing) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papuaweb.org
  2. ↑ a b Idam CD: Idam # 1: 322, Idam # 2: 255, Bisiaburu: 106; 1980 Census, William H. Martin: A Sociolinguistic survey of Abau. 1981, p. 211; quoted n. Abau. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, pp. 4–5) on papuaweb.org. (Antibi is mentioned as a place in the work [p. 2], but was apparently not counted independently). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papuaweb.org
  3. ↑ Barry Craig: Abau. In: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement. 2002 (online Encyclopedia.com ; extensive article on the people, references).
  4. ↑ Barry Craig / uscngp, on flickr.com:
    Woman and children, Bisiaburu, Idam River, 1968 , photo Abau-Bisiaburu-1968-2-21 ;
    Demonstration of dance using hand drum and wearing ceremonial phallocrypt, Bamblediam, Idam River, 1968 , photo Abau-Bamblediam-1968-2-32 ;
    Using hand drum, Antibi, Idam River, 1968 , photo Abau-Antibi-1968-3-11
  5. ^ William H. Martin III .: A Sociolinguistic Survey of Abau . Survey Soren Årsjö, William Martin, John Champ 12. – 20. August 1980. In: Summer Institute of Linguistics (Ed.): Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages (=  Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages . Volume 19 ). Self-published, Ukarumpa 1981, p. 207–233 (English, sil.org [PDF]).
  6. ^ William H. Martin: A Sociolinguistic Survey of Abau. 1981, p. 223; quoted n. Abau. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, p. 4) on papuaweb.org. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papuaweb.org
  7. ↑ Lock & Lock 1985 Ts: 5 .; quoted n. Abau. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, pp. 5-6) on papuaweb.org., See map William H. Martin: Fugure 1 Subjective Dialect Information Contour Map . In: A Sociolinguistic survey of Abau . 1981, p. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papuaweb.org 19 (225 pp., Sil.org [PDF]).
  8. ↑ Information from the map in Dataset , Upper Sepik-Central New Guinea Project and Papua New Guinea, Map 5 , ethnologue.com
  9. ↑ Bailey 1975b, p. 52; quoted in Abau. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, p. 2) on papuaweb.org. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papuaweb.org
  10. ↑ Lock & Lock 1985 Ts: 5 .; quoted n. Abau. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, p. 6) on papuaweb.org. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papuaweb.org
  11. ^ A b William H. Martin: 1.5 Churches and Missions in the Area; 1.6. Schools and School Attendance . In: A Sociolinguistic survey of Abau . 1981, p. 6 (212 pp., Sil.org [PDF]).
  12. ^ Diocese of Vanimo St. Isidore, Idam PG , thecatholicdirectory.com
  13. ↑ B. Craig: Abau. , History and Cultural Relations section. 2002, encyclopedia.com.
  14. ↑ perhaps expired: "A small airstrip was built in the Idam valley in the 1960s but was soon abandoned because of drainage problems." B. Craig: Abau. , History and Cultural Relations section. 2002, encyclopedia.com.
  15. ^ William H. Martin: 1.7 Accessibility and Transportation . In: A Sociolinguistic survey of Abau . 1981, p. 213 ff . ( sil.org [PDF] 7–8; see also map p. 230, PDF, p. 24.).
  16. ^ Adrienne Lois Kaeppler, Christian Kaufmann, Douglas Newton: L'art océanien . In: Art et les grandes civilizations . tape 23 . Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-85088-061-2 , Idam et autres groupes , p. 582 ff . (English: Oceanic Art . Translated by Christiane Thiollier).
  17. ↑ Harry Beran, Cameron Bloom (photos): Shields of Melanesia . Ill. Doug Field. Ed .: Barry Craig. University of Hawaii Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8248-2732-5 , Sepik-Raumu Region 4.2 Upper Sepik area , p. 45 ff .
  18. ↑ a b on the author see Papua New Guinea - My 'last frontier': Barry Craig , PNGAA Library