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Monday, March 17, 2008

Ch. 7 Family & Kinship: The The Huli People of Papau New Guinea

Read G. C. J. Lomas's web site entitled "The Huli People of Papau New Guinea" at http://www.gabelomas.org. Read the following webpages (which are labeled by number in the series, you can use the NEXT button and read pages numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5):

1. http://www.gabelomas.org/huli/htms/huli1.htm
2. http://www.gabelomas.org/huli/htms/huli1b.htm
3. http://www.gabelomas.org/huli/htms/huli1c.htm
5. http://www.gabelomas.org/huli/htms/huli1e.htm

Who are the Huli? Where do they live? What type of economy do they have?
There system of family and marriage differs from the nuclear family model.

What are the traditional responsibilities of a Huli bride? Of a Huli husband?
Are family, kinship, and descent as central in your life as they are for the Huli?
Posted by Kyra Gaunt, Ph.D. at 5:31 PM
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Surprisingly, I would say the Huli's system marriage doesn't differ that greatly from the nuclear family besides the fact that men are allowed to have more than one wife, while women can only have one husband.
Divorce is common in both and also the tradition of brideswealth is similar. The men are expected to build a house and garden for her.

Question:
I read that they are free to choose who they marry and sometimes they are matched by close kin. Do the Huli's marry for love similar to the nuclear family?

March 18, 2008 at 12:06 AM

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