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Laments and relational personhood : case studies from Duna and Awiakay societies of Papua New Guinea

Article: English. Online
Author(s)
Gillespie, Kirsty ; Hoenigman, Darja
Title
Laments and relational personhood : case studies from Duna and Awiakay societies of Papua New Guinea / Kirsty Gillespie and Darja Hoenigman
In
Humanities Research, 19, 3, 2013, 97-110
Subjects
Negar-kantuak / Laments
Content
Testu osoa
Type of material
Article
ISBN / ISSN
1834-8491
The article focuses on the laments derived from two language groups in Papua New Guinea. These two groups are the Duna of the Southern Highlands Province or Hela region and the Awiakay, a small community which consists of 300 people living in Kanjimei village. It cites examples of how people are lamenting for people's death and for dog's death, who are in some Papua New Guinean cultures such as the Awiakay viewed as their owners' extensions.