Korowai Tribe
The Korowai, also called the Kolufo, are the people who live in southeastern West Papua in the Indonesian South Papua, province of South Papua, close to the border with Papua New Guinea. They number about 3,000. According to ''The Daily Telegraph'', "Until the late 1970s, when anthropologists embarked on a study of the tribe, the Korowai were unaware of the existence of any peoples other than themselves". Language The Korowai language belongs to the Awyu–Dumut languages, Awyu–Dumut family (southeastern Papua) and is part of the Trans–New Guinea phylum. A dictionary and grammar book have been produced by a Dutch missionary linguist. Living The majority of the Korowai clans live in tree houses on their isolated forested territory.Sustainable ...
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