|
Sawi (drink)
Sawi may refer to: *Sawi people, a people of the West Papua province of Indonesia *Sawi language (Papuan), the language of the Sawi people *Sawi language (Dardic) Sawi, Savi, or Sauji, is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken in northeastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. It is classified as a member of the Shina language cluster within the Dardic subgroup. It is spoken in the village of Sau, ..., an Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan * Sawi District in Chumphon Province, Thailand *Sawi Mosque, the oldest mosque situated in Multan, Pakistan See also * Savi (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawi People
The Sawi or Sawuy are a tribal people of Western New Guinea, Indonesia. They were known to be cannibalistic headhunters as recently as the 1950s. They speak the Sawi language, which belongs to the Awyu language family. Since then, many of Sawi have converted to Christianity and the world's largest circular building made strictly from un-milled poles was constructed in 1972 as a Christian meeting place by the Sawi.Tucker (1983), p. 478 Christian missionary Don Richardson who lived among the Sawi wrote a book about the experience called ''Peace Child''. See also *Indigenous people of New Guinea The indigenous peoples of West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Arch ... References Further reading * ''Peace Child'' (1974) * External links Never the Same Documentary about visit to the Sawi in 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawi Language (Papuan)
Sawi or Sawuy is a language of the Sawi people of the Trans–New Guinea phylum spoken in sago swamps in the southwestern parts of the Indonesian province of Papua (province), Papua. Of the neighboring languages, it is most closely related to the Awyu–Dumut languages, Awyu languages to the east.Voorhoeve 1971: 89-90. Sawi is an inflection, inflecting language and uses both inflections of the stem and suffixes to indicate person, number, and tense. References External links * Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldSawi Languages of western New Guinea Greater Awyu languages {{Indonesia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawi Language (Dardic)
Sawi, Savi, or Sauji, is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken in northeastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. It is classified as a member of the Shina language cluster within the Dardic subgroup. It is spoken in the village of Sau, on the east bank of the Kunar River, around south of the town of Arandu, which is on the border with Pakistan's Chitral region. Sawi speakers consider themselves part of the Gawar ethnic group, which is found in half a dozen of the surrounding villages and whose language is Gawarbati. In communicating with them, the people of Sau reportedly resort to using Pashto. During the long period of unrest, the population of the village was displaced into refugee camps in Chitral and Dir, but reportedly many people have now returned to Afghanistan. History The closest relative of the Sawi language is the southern variety of Palula spoken in Ashret further up the Kunar Valley in Chitral. Many Sawi speakers are aware of the similarity between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawi District
Sawi ( th, สวี, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the central part of Chumphon province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Thung Tako and Lang Suan of Chumphon Province, La-un and Kra Buri of Ranong province and Mueang Chumphon of Chumphon Province. To the east is the Gulf of Thailand. History The district dates back to ''Mueang'' Sawi, on the shore of the Sawi River. On 16 April 1897 a first district office was opened in village five of ''tambon'' Na Pho. After several relocations, the present office in village four of ''tambon'' Sawi was opened on 1 October 2001. Administration The district is divided into 11 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 114 villages (''mubans''). Na Pho is a township (''thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosques Of Multan ...
Being an Islamic country, Pakistan is home to thousands of mosques. Some of the mosques are quite famous because of their size, beauty, architecture and history. The following is a list of mosques in Pakistan. See also * Islam in Pakistan * Lists of mosques ** Mosques of Lahore References {{List of mosques Mosques A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
