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	Korowai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Korowai, also called the Kolufo, are a people of southeastern Papua (i.e., the southeastern part of the western part of New Guinea).
		In Korowai society the forms of institutional levirate and predominance of avuncular relationships are found, as well as a kind of affinal avoidance relationships.
		In 1993, a film crew documented an anthropological study in the Dayo village area by Smithsonian Institution of Korowai treehouse construction and the practice of cannibalism as a form of criminal justice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Korowai (968 words)

	Korowai & Kombai Tribe of Irian Jaya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Korowai and Kombai always moves from one place to another in order to be close to the foods and hunted animals provides by nature.
		Sago grubs feast is the main ritual ceremony in Korowai and Kombai tribe to re-new their world and relation with God/Spirit and among their own people in the clans or groups.
		Traditional wear of Korowai is very simple, men wear a piece of leave or a small penis gourd to cover their penis and women wear the skirt made of woven sago leaves.
	www.komodotours.com /west_papua/korowai_tribe.htm (314 words)

	Giving up homicide: Korowai experience of witches and police (West Papua) Oceania - Find Articles
		I argue that Korowai speakers' witchcraft beliefs and former practices of witch execution followed a culturally distinctive logic of shock and redemptive transaction, according to which violence could be generative of more positive qualities of relationship.
		Korowai, prompted by their ongoing encounter with the violence of the state, are presently reevaluating and renouncing their own regime of extraordinary endogenous violence.
		The effects of police violence on Korowai social existence, particularly Korowai speakers' incipient renunciation of homicide, has not been unilaterally determined by the character of police violence, but rather has been the outcome of complex processes of reciprocal intercultural influence and appropriation.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3654/is_200109/ai_n8987652 (915 words)

	RNZN - Korowai for CN
		Designed to symbolise the command of the Navy, the distinctive korowai was presented to the Navy as the symbol for the Chief of Navy alone, to wear on occasions as he deems appropriate.
		At the changing of command the korowai, worn by the outgoing Chief, is taken off and placed on the shoulders of the new CN.
		The korowai was made by Mrs Ludene Halford, who is a former Naval wife; she is a supporter of the Marae and a member of the Naval Maori cultural group.
	www.navy.mil.nz /visit-the-base/marae/news/korowai.htm (216 words)

	funeral
		The korowai is woven from NZ flax with bird feathers interwoven at intervals.
		The draping of a korowai on a loved one is the ultimate honour of respect bestowed upon the person.
		McGowan, of Ngatira Marae, Putaruru was visibly moved by the honour bestowed upon her by Leonard's family in allowing her korowai to be placed upon him and said she felt as though he was “a son of her own flesh and blood”.
	www.slydevil.net /Leonard/funeral.html (645 words)

	Sleeping with Cannibals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Korowai children with beads about their necks come running to point and giggle as I stagger into the village—several straw huts perched on stilts and overlooking the river.
		Korowai are animists, believing that powerful beings live in specific trees and parts of rivers.
		Korowai are formed into what anthropologists call patriclans, which inhabit ancestral lands and trace ownership and genealogy through the male line.
	www.smithsonianmagazine.com /issues/2006/september/cannibals.htm (5723 words)

	Earthfoot Ecotours out of Biak Papua - Indonesia
		Korowai is a nomad people who always move from one place to another at least once every 3 years.
		After we met the Korowai and family on their tree house, we may interact with them help by our guide and experience their life.
		Today we stay in Dambol and join the Korowai family to the nearby forest collecting foods including chop-down the sago palm tree and extract its starch and put the fish trap in the river.
	www.earthfoot.org /p2/id006.htm (1384 words)

	Papua Adventures - the Korowai and Kombai
		The discovery of the Korowai tribe by the outside was even more recent than that of the Baliem Valley peoples, occurring as recently as 25 years ago.
		The Korowai populate the lowland rainforests of south-central Papua, a region that sits between 100 and 200 metres above sea-level.
		Due to this very recent exposure to outside influences, the Korowai tribes are not as open and welcoming to tourists as the Yali, Dani and Lani for example.
	www.papua-adventures.com /korowai-kombai.html (274 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - Mäori health strategy builds on whänau strengths
		She said He Korowai Oranga and its accompanying action plan showed the government is serious about its commitments under the Treaty of Waitangi, and about reducing inequalities between Mäori and non-Mäori.
		Korowai Oranga and Whakatätaka on 13 November in Wellington.
		He Korowai Oranga adds to the principles and objectives for Mäori in both strategies and takes them to the next stage by providing more detail on how Mäori health goals will be achieved.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=15559 (1100 words)

	Papua Adventures - 19 days Korowai "New Korowai Territory" itinerary
		There are still areas within the Korowai that tourists have never been to.
		The Korowai living in the Yanirumah area all know of tourists and they put on a show.
		And their body decoration is slightly different from the Korowai people to the north.
	www.papua-adventures.com /korowai-itinerary.html (938 words)

	Raffaele Among the Korowai
		Very few Korowai ever get to meet their grandparents, because the grandparents are usually dead by the time they're born, either from warfare or disease.
		The prevalence of disease in the jungle forms the basis of the khahkua cannibal cult, a Stone Age rationale for death by disease.
		The Korowai believe death is caused by a sorcerer, called a khahkua.
	www.smithsonianmagazine.com /issues/2006/august/raffaele.php (928 words)

	Korowai Batu & Kopkaga - tree people tribes
		Korowai Batu live in an area which is behind the imaginary „pacification line“.
		Korowai Batu tribe is for the larger part an intolerant tribe, which rejects civilization and contact with missionaries or neighboring tribes.
		We get to the Korowai Batu territory through the Kopkaga tribe territory, which is another tribe from the tree people group of tribes.
	www.papuatrekking.com /Korowai_Batu_and_Kopkaga.html (354 words)

	Korowai, Kombai, Irian Jaya Travel Packages and Filming Trips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Once we arrive in Yaniruma, our contact person will telling us and update all the information in Korowai and Kombai area including the people and their tree house or if there is any sago grub feast take place while we are in the area.
		Traditional wear of Korowai is very simple, men wear a piece of leave or a small penis gourd to cover their penis and women wear the skirt made of woven sago leafs.
		We sometime spend 2 - 3 nights in one place of the tree house of there are some interesting event in the place and the family would like to host us that we can joining their daily activities.
	www.travellingtoindonesia.com /irianjaya/korowai-kombai.htm (1143 words)

	Dani & Korowai Adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Korowai built their house individually high on the top the trees avoiding both mosquito and enemy’s attack.
		Korowai use to have a “sago Grub Feast at least once every 2 years.
		Mahe is not a village, but a place where a group of Korowai Batu built their houses.
	www.komodotours.com /west_papua/tours/14days_dani_korowai_adventure.htm (838 words)

	About the Korowai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The forest-dwelling Korowai, a Papuan tribe in the southeast of Irian Jaya (the former Dutch New Guinea), were forced to adapt their lifestyle to cope with the danger posed by a tribe of neighbouring head-hunters, the Citak.
		However, the Korowai build their homes much higher up, right up in the tree tops; they are accessible only by means of a springy climbing pole which can be pulled up if danger threatens.
		The fear of cannibals is expressed in the language of the Korowai and in the related languages of other tribes in the region.
	www.irja.org /anthro/korowai.htm (365 words)

	Korowai & Kombai tribe – Papua Tree people tribes
		Korowai are one of the few Papuan tribes who do not wear kotekas.
		Korowai Batu use nutshells instead of leaves, and the women wear short skirts made of sago palm phloem, which is also their main food.
		Trekking on the territory of Kombai and Korowai tree people is a very different kind of trekking than you might be used to, to say the least.
	www.papuatrekking.com /Korowai_Kombai.html (1259 words)

	A trip to cannibal country
		The Korowai occupy thousands of square miles in the southeast of the Indonesian province of Papua.
		Some Korowai who live near the edge of their rainforest territory have dropped cannibalism as they become used to contact with the modern world, Raffaele reported.
		As illness squeezes the final breaths from a Korowai tribesman, he may reveal an important name: that of another man—likely a friend or relative—who he believes is his killer.
	www.world-science.net /othernews/060828_cannibal.htm (1984 words)

	Papua Adventures - 18 days Korowai and Asmat Tour itinerary
		Before you come to their tree house, they are told to hide their clothes, pots and pans and then put on traditional costume.
		This new area within the Korowai, takes a few more days of travel by domestic airlines and then a motorized canoe.
		The area within the Korowai that we will visit are still living a stone age existence.
	www.papua-adventures.com /korowai-asmat-itinerary.html (1139 words)

	Good story about cannibals. Pity it's not even close to the truth - Opinion
		Korowai people have also had a lot to do with tourists since the late 1980s when their region became something of a pilgrimage site for adventure primitivists.
		The Korowai, like other tribal groups portrayed by Raffaele, are presented by him through a series of either/ors: either they are bright-eyed upholders of a fragile Eden, or else they are darkly menacing, horrifying us with their cruel customs.
		The Korowai, like other ethnic peoples in their position, are simply struggling to engage state and global forces in their own way.
	www.theage.com.au /news/opinion/good-story-about-cannibals--pity-its-not-true/2006/09/18/1158431641209.html (995 words)

	Korowai Tree Tribes - Irian Jaya Travel Packages and Filming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Korowai are direct neighbours of the Asmat and live north of the Dairam Kabiur.
		These tree houses can reach heights up to 50 meters, what however only in exceptional cases the case is. The Korowai build such kind of tree houses only if there is a dispute with the neighbours, or if they live in an hostile area.
		A Korowai family with up to eight persons live in such kind of houses.
	www.travellingtoindonesia.com /irianjaya/korowai.htm (280 words)

	Jean Pierre Dutilleux - The Korowai
		Anduop belongs to the Korowai tribe of Irian Jaya, the Indonesian part of New Guinea.
		Members of the Korowai tribe are terrified not only of Kakuas but also of the possibility of being wrongly accused of being ones.
		For reasons of safety, the Korowai have chosen to live on treetops.
	jpdutilleux.com /thework/korowai/index.html (294 words)

	Scoop: Korowai Torlesse Tussocklands - Lee Speech
		The name "Korowai Torlesse Tussocklands Park" has been chosen to reflect the significant ecological, cultural, historic and landscape values through its 22,000 hectares of magnificent high country.
		The Korowai Torlesse tussocklands park has to be one of the jewels in the crown of the Nature Heritage Fund.
		I am sure that the Korowai Torlesse Tussocklands Park will serve as a model in the future for what can be achieved through such community involvement and support.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0111/S00050.htm (1821 words)

	Gimmie Shelter
		These treehouses can reach heights up to 50 meters, what however only in exceptional cases the case is. The Korowai build such kind of treehouses only if there is a disput with the neighbours, or if they live in an hostile area.
		The majority of the Korowai clans live in treehouses on their isolated territory.
		For a long time the Korowai have had the distinction of being considered the people most resistant to religious conversion, however by the end of the nineties the first converts were baptized.
	www.usu.edu /anthro/gimmie_shelter.html (1265 words)

	'Mapaki' and 'Te Whare Korowai' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		TE WHARE KOROWAI (The Cloakroom / The House of Cloaks)
		The enveloping folds of the Korowai (cloak) are tweaked aside to reveal lines traced on the journey of life, love and learning.
		The Korowai is the giver of cosmic energy and is the vehicle for dreams, whakapapa and memories, but it is thrown aside to uncover the darker themes of childhood abuse, domestic violence, household drudgery and social isolation.
	www.converge.org.nz /pma/amap.htm (470 words)

	He Korowai Oranga - Maori Health Strategy
		It challenges us to create environments that are liberating and enable whānau to shape and direct their own lives, to achieve the quality of life Māori are entitled to as tangata whenua in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
		At the heart of He Korowai Oranga is the achievement of whānau ora, or healthy families.
		He Korowai Oranga provides a framework for the public sector to take responsibility for the part it plays in supporting the health status of whānau.
	www.moh.govt.nz /mhs.html (457 words)

	Indonesia Travel Tour - Travel to Indonesia
		Join the korowai activities such as collecting sago and to learn their ways to survive; hunting, fishing and other activities.
		On chartered Missionary flight depart to Yaniruma airstrip, one of the entry points to the Korowai tribes settlement.
		Proceed trekking to Basman, a village bordering the Korowai tribe and Citak Mitak tribe.
	www.acrossindonesia.com /Korowai.htm (1000 words)

	Grand Komodo - Tours & Dives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Yaniruma is a home of Korowai tribe, the people who live in the tree house in traditional way, some of them still holding the old beliefs and used to practice cannibalism until Missionary arrived and build new settlements to get the Korowai tribe more developed.
		Yaniruma was opened for tourist in early 1980’s but until now the place is still the most remote tribe and desired by most of adventurous tourists all at once anthropology expedition.
		The Korowai is semi nomadic people, therefor the trip is more like searching where they live.
	www.komodoalordive.com /itinerary.htm (1245 words)

	Amaiu v The State [1979] PNGLR 576 (6 November 1979)
		This was an appeal against conviction and severity of sentence of five years’ imprisonment with hard labour imposed on the appellant for the offence of stealing K10,120.
		This person Wagop Korowai was the nominated representative of his clan to receive the proceeds due to that clan of what was known as the Jimi River Timber Trust No.
		The learned trial judge found that the appellant had pretended that another person was Wagop Korowai and induced that person to endorse the cheque.
	www.worldlii.org /pg/cases/PNGLR/1979/576.html (2074 words)

	He Korowai Oranga - Maori Health Strategy Discussion Document - www.govt.nz
		He Korowai Oranga supports Maori aspirations to take control over their own health.
		It upholds the structures based around whanau, hapu, and iwi and also recognises that there are a range of community groups in Maori society that make valuable contributions to the advancement of whanau health.
		In light of this He Korowai Oranga proposes whanau ora as its overall aim.
	www.govt.nz /record?recordid=4662 (217 words)

	Amazon.com: The Korowai of Irian Jaya: Their Language in Its Cultural Context: Books: Gerrit J. van Enk,Lourens de Vries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Korowai still use stone tools, live in tree-houses, and have no knowledge of the outside world.
		Van Enk and de Vries provide the first study of the Korowai language and culture.
		Of course the Korowai were no 'untouched', 'virgin' people at all.
	www.amazon.com /Korowai-Irian-Jaya-Language-Cultural/dp/0195105516 (883 words)

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