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Trobrianders also known as “Kilivila”, “Kiriwina”, “Kitava”, “Vakuta”, “Kaileuna” Pitek, Emily

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Located off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Trobriand Islands are home to several thousand individuals who live in villages organized by matrilineages. The Trobrianders do not participate in an official, organized religion. Their belief system is largely dominated by magic and ceremonial practices, including garden magic and the kula, an inter-island trading ring. Spells, land, taboos, ancestral history, and social position are owned and shared by members of specific matrilineages. This entry focuses on the main island, Kiriwina, ca. 1914.

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Title
Trobrianders also known as “Kilivila”, “Kiriwina”, “Kitava”, “Vakuta”, “Kaileuna”
Creator
Pitek, Emily
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2018-05-23
Description
Located off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Trobriand Islands are home to several thousand individuals who live in villages organized by matrilineages. The Trobrianders do not participate in an official, organized religion. Their belief system is largely dominated by magic and ceremonial practices, including garden magic and the kula, an inter-island trading ring. Spells, land, taboos, ancestral history, and social position are owned and shared by members of specific matrilineages. This entry focuses on the main island, Kiriwina, ca. 1914.
Subject
Religion; Oceanic Religions; Melanesia
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2018-12-11
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0375689
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68036
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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