The Baruya are a people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea . They have been studied since 1967 by anthropologist Maurice Godelier . There are approximately 1500 Baruya people living in the Wonenara and Marawaka valleys.
4-463: Baruya may refer to: Baruya people , a tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea Baruya language , a variety of the Yipma language Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Baruya . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
8-622: A result their women skirts are cut short at the front and removed from behind while their noses are pierced. At age eight they begin to ingest semen from older males twelve and up. At the age of twelve, the skirts are completely removed and replaced with a male multi-layered skirt and a narrow strip of bark is worn behind, and their noses are pierced with a large nose peg. They are also adorned with many other insignia representing an approach to manhood. The initiates are now known as Kawetnya . This article related to an ethnic group in Oceania
12-419: A ritual in which boys give fellatio to young males and drink their semen , to 're-engender themselves prior to marriage'. To achieve the status of manhood the young boys go through a ritual in which they drink the semen of young men. The ritual is a lengthy process and can be divided into four stages for the initiates: At the age of nine, young boys are taken from their mothers to become Yivupbwanya and as
16-497: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baruya&oldid=932712107 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Baruya people The Baruya are characterized by a strong inequality between males and females; all their organizations, institutions, and myths present male domination . They have
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