Yali

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Yali are an indigenous Papuan people of the highlands of Indonesian New Guinea, known for their traditional stone-age farming practices, distinctive dress, and remote mountain settlements.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yali canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
accessibility remote ⓘ
climate cool highland climate ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into Dutch New Guinea ⓘ
later integrated into Indonesia ⓘ
contactHistory limited sustained outside contact until 20th century ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
economicActivity gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
pig husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
environment steep mountain valleys ⓘ
tropical montane forest ⓘ
housingMaterial bamboo ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
wood ⓘ
housingType round thatched houses ⓘ
languageFamily Papuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Indonesian New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Dutch New Guinea

New Guinea ⓘ
mainCrops bananas ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
taro ⓘ
modernChange growing integration into Indonesian state structures ⓘ
increasing mission influence ⓘ
introduction of metal tools ⓘ
region Highlands of Papua ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
ritualPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
pig feasts ⓘ
settlementPattern remote mountain settlements ⓘ
scattered hamlets ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
traditionalDress body decorations ⓘ
grass skirts for women ⓘ
penis gourd for men ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence root crop cultivation ⓘ
stone-age style farming ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTechnology stone tools ⓘ
wooden tools ⓘ
traditionalWeapon bows and arrows ⓘ
spears ⓘ
transportation footpaths ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baliem Valley → hasEthnicGroup → Yali ⓘ
Gyali → alsoKnownAs → Yali ⓘ