Angu

TheAnguorÄngapeople, also calledKukukuku(pronounced "cookah-cookah" ), are a small group speaking a number ofrelated languages^[1]and living mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-westernMorobe,a province ofPapua New Guinea.Even though they are a short people, often less than five feet tall, they were feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys.^[2]

Despite the high altitude and cold climate of their homeland, the Änga wore limited clothing, including grass skirts, with a piece similar to asporran,and cloaks made from beaten bark, calledmals.^[2]

An account of some of the first contact between the Angu and westerners is described vividly by J. K. McCarthy in his bookPatrol into Yesterday: My New Guinea Years.

Four of the Änga languages are almost extinct, but the largest tribe, the Hamtai, are thriving, with a population of 45,000.^[1]

Some Aseki district tribes have become a tourist attraction due to their mummies. There are three famous mummy sites around Aseki in theHamtaiterritory. The Hamtai people now have a small income from charging scientists, tourists and photographers a fee before entrance to the mummy sites.^[3]

First contact with the Toulambi

A film byJean-Pierre Dutilleuxpurports to show first contact between a group ofToulambi,reportedly a part of the Angu People, and White people in December 1993.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]It has been accused of being staged by anthropologist Pierre Lemonnier, who claims a first-hand relationship with the tribe.^[8]Lemonnier, however, was sued for defamation and lost the case.^[8]^[9]

A first contact between the Toulambi tribe was also reported inThe Sydney Morning Heraldon 22 October 1993, not long before the meeting with Dutilleux:

Government officials in Papua New Guinea say they have discovered another 'lost tribe' [...] The latest group, dubbed the Toulambi tribe, apparently was discovered in a remote area of thick jungle in the Papua New Guinea Highlands... Two near-naked members of the tribe were 'scared to death' when taken by a hunting party to the nearest government station to taste store food and view white men and aeroplanes for the first time... But some people remain sceptical. They believe the group may belong to known isolated border tribes but have been left off the latest census.^[10]

References

^^a ^bEthnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth Edition, M. Paul Lewis, editor;ISBN 978-1-55671-216-6
^^a ^bLightbody, Mark; Wheeler, Tony (1985).Papua New Guinea: a travel survival guide(3 ed.).Lonely Planet.pp. 89–90.ISBN 978-0-908086-59-7.
^Neubauer, Ian Lloyd."The smoked corpses of Aseki".www.bbc.com.
^Primitive Forest Tribe Meets Modern Man for the First Time (FULL),YouTube,archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-21,retrieved2020-01-18
^Dutilleux, Jean-Pierre (1998).Tribal Journeys(Television production).
^Dutilleux, Jean-Pierre (2001)."Toulambis, les fantômes de la forêt".Vodeo.tv(Documentary). Alexandra Films.Archivedfrom the original on 2015-09-23.Retrieved2020-01-18.
^"Coup de bambou sur les Papous. Dix anthropologues critiquent un reportage diffusé sur TF1".
^^a ^bLemonnier, Pierre (2004). "The hunt for authenticity: Stone Age Stories Out of Context".The Journal of Pacific History.39(1): 79–98.doi:10.1080/00223340410001684868.ISSN 0022-3344.S2CID 163109460.the principal actor in this sketch played out in the name of authenticity told me that he had later cried in shame at his part in this charade.... Sued for defamation, the author lost the legal proceedings brought against him
^Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, 1st chamber, 1st section, verdict of 12 May 1997
^Connell, John (28 July 2005).Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development.ISBN 9781134938322.

External links

A New Venture into the Unknown,booklet produced by the Melanesian Mission on their proposed mission to the Kukukuku people of New Guinea, 1935.
"Kukukuku, the Angu people, Papua New Guinea"by Carolyn Leigh,Art-Pacific,August 19, 2002. Retrieved December 28, 2005
"The Smoked Corpses of Aseki"by Ian Lloyd Neubauer "BBC - Travel", December 3, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016

[ReferenceA-1] Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth Edition, M. Paul Lewis, editor;ISBN 978-1-55671-216-6

[LP-PNG3-2] Lightbody, Mark; Wheeler, Tony (1985).Papua New Guinea: a travel survival guide(3 ed.).Lonely Planet.pp. 89–90.ISBN 978-0-908086-59-7.

[3] Neubauer, Ian Lloyd."The smoked corpses of Aseki".www.bbc.com.

[4] Primitive Forest Tribe Meets Modern Man for the First Time (FULL),YouTube,archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-21,retrieved2020-01-18

[5] Dutilleux, Jean-Pierre (1998).Tribal Journeys(Television production).

[6] Dutilleux, Jean-Pierre (2001)."Toulambis, les fantômes de la forêt".Vodeo.tv(Documentary). Alexandra Films.Archivedfrom the original on 2015-09-23.Retrieved2020-01-18.

[7] "Coup de bambou sur les Papous. Dix anthropologues critiquent un reportage diffusé sur TF1".

[:0-8] Lemonnier, Pierre (2004). "The hunt for authenticity: Stone Age Stories Out of Context".The Journal of Pacific History.39(1): 79–98.doi:10.1080/00223340410001684868.ISSN 0022-3344.S2CID 163109460.the principal actor in this sketch played out in the name of authenticity told me that he had later cried in shame at his part in this charade.... Sued for defamation, the author lost the legal proceedings brought against him

[9] Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, 1st chamber, 1st section, verdict of 12 May 1997

[10] Connell, John (28 July 2005).Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development.ISBN 9781134938322.

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Papua New Guinea	Abelam Angu Baining Baruya Bilibil Chambri Dumo Etoro Fore Gadsup Gogodala Haroli Hewa Huli Iatmul Kaluli Kwoma Koteka Maisin Mian Mundugumor Ogea Orokaiva Sambia Swagap Tairora Tanga Telefol Tolai Trobriand Tsembaga Urapmin Wiru Wola Wopkaimin Zia