Lani (people)
The Lani are a tribe in Papua ( Irian Jaya ), Indonesia .
They live mainly in the mountains southeast of Wamena . The Lani population was estimated to be around 200,000 tribesmen in 1980. Well-known places within their settlement area are Wenam and Ragayam , which lie above the Mulik River . From these cities you can see the Memberamo mountains well. In Wurigelebu missionaries built a school. A church was added as part of the Christianization.
In addition, Lani settle occasionally in a small area of the Baliem Valley , surrounded by the high mountains of Papua, which reach up to 4500 m. Neighbors of the Lani are the Dani and Yali . In contrast to the tribal areas of many other Papuan ethnic groups, such as the Korowai , after the discovery of the Baliem Valley in 1938 and the creation of an airfield in Wamena, the settlement area of the Lani is now accessible and developed for tourism.
The Lani way of life is still anchored in traditional traditions. Most of the people still live in the traditional huts called Honai . Lani men - like the Dani, for example - wear so-called kotekas , which are particularly large here and are used as storage space for tobacco and other valuables. Occasionally they wear hairnets dyed black. Often they are also richly decorated with infected bird feathers, especially the birds of paradise . The Lani women dress in knee-length reed-grass skirts. They always tie collection bags over their backs.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Douglas James Hayward, The Dani of Irian Jaya, Before and After Conversion
- ↑ With the Lani in the northern Baliem Valley - an expedition report ( Memento of the original from March 17, 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.
