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Ethnic group
Urapmin
Total population
about 375
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Urapmin language
Religion
Baptist[1]
Related ethnic groups
Telefol people, Tifal people
The Urapmin people are an ethnic group numbering about 375 people in the Telefomin District of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. One of the Min peoples who inhabit this area, the Urapmin share the common Min practices of hunter-gatherer subsistence, taro cultivation, and formerly, an elaborate secret cult available only to initiated men.
The Urapmin used to ally with the Telefolmin in war against other Min peoples, practicing cannibalism against the enemy dead, but warfare ceased by the 1960s with the arrival of colonialism. A Christian revival in the 1970s led to the near-complete abandonment of traditional beliefs and the adoption of a form of Charismatic Christianity originally derived from Baptist Christianity. The Urapmin vigorously use their native Urap language, and their small community maintains the practice of endogamy.
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The Urapminpeople are an ethnic group numbering about 375 people in the Telefomin District of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. One of the...
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to insult an enemy people, or to absorb the dead person's qualities. As in some other New Guinean societies, the Urapminpeople engaged in cannibalism...
feature of the Min peoples of the New Guinea Highlands is initiation into a secret male religious cult. For example, the Urapminpeople used to practice...
language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Tifal (Tifalmin), Urap (Urapmin) and Atbal (Atbalmin). The Tifal language is bounded by Papuan and Irian...
reputations with (for instance) Lae taro being highly prized. Among the Urapminpeople of Papua New Guinea, taro (known in Urap as ima) is the main source...
ubiquitous in supermarkets, roast meal takeaway shops and hāngī. Among the Urapminpeople of Papua New Guinea, taro (known in Urap as ima) and the sweet potato...
patrilineality. The Dimasa Kachari people of Northeast India has a system of dual family clan. The Urapminpeople, a small tribe in Papua New Guinea,...
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cools it down again. Puja services are often held once a week. The Urapminpeople of the New Guinea Highlands practice a form of group possession known...
and Minahasan ethnic groups that traditionally consumed dog meat. The Urapminpeople of the New Guinea Highlands do not kill or eat dogs, unlike some neighboring...
population becomes very small in size. The Urapmin, a small tribe in Papua New Guinea, practice strict endogamy. The Urapmin also have a system of kinship classes...
the lowest level. The Telefolmins' level may have been matched by the Urapmin. The Telefol possess a ubiquitous accessory called the bilum. Young children...
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groups such as the Baktaman were at the lowest level. In this ranking, the Urapmin were either at the top or at least very close to the Telefol. Moretti (2007:306)...
Telefomin district of the Sandaun province in Papua New Guinea by the Mian people. It has some 3,500 speakers spread across two dialects: West Mian (a.k.a...
anthropology of value. Ethnographically, he is known for his work with the Urapminpeople. His book Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua...
inhabitants include the Mountain Ok people, a cultural group with numerous sub-groups including the Telefol, the Urapmin, and the Wopkaimin. The Oksapmin...
pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782...
Austronesian. Most Papuan languages are spoken by hundreds to thousands of people; the most populous are found in the New Guinea highlands, where a few exceed...
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