The Enga Culture

The Enga Culture

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Outline

I. Introduction

A. Enga Province, located in the Central highlands of Papua New Guinea is the only Papua New Guinea province that speaks Mother-tongue-native language throughout the province. The Enga people are considered to be horticultural. Like many other highland Papua New Guineans living west of the Daula pass, the traditional Engan settlement style is that of scattered homesteads dispersed throughout the landscape. To better understand the way Engan cultures live, we will explore their beliefs and values, kinship organization, and political organization.

II. Beliefs And Values

A. The Enga believed the moon to be the mother and the sun to be the father. They believed that the moon and the sun created immortal sky people.

B. Rituals...