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The Lani are an indigenous people in
The total population of Lani tribes in the 1980s, as reported by Douglas Hayward in his book ''The Dani of Irian Jaya, Before and After Conversion'' was around 200,000 people.
Puncak
Puncak or Puncak Pass (; ) is a mountain pass in Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The pass connects the cities of Bogor and Bandung and is spread within the regencies of Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi. Puncak Pass is located between Mt. Gede ...
, Central Papua
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province () is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 25 July 2022 from the former eight western regencies of ...
and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua
Highland Papua () is a provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago). It covers an area of and had a population of 1,467,050 according to ...
, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people
The Dani (also spelled Ndani) are an ethnic group from the New Guinea Highlands, Central Highlands of Western New Guinea in Baliem Valley, Highland Papua, Indonesia. Around 100,000 people live in the Baliem Valley, consisting of representatives ...
who inhabit the Baliem Valley
The Baliem Valley (; also spelled Balim and sometimes known as the Grand Valley) is a valley of the Central Highlands in Western New Guinea, specifically in the province of Highland Papua, Indonesia. The main town in the valley is Wamena, which ...
to the east.
First contact with Europeans
First contact with the populous Lani was made in October 1920 during the Central New Guinea Expedition, in which a group of explorers stayed for six months with them at their farms in the upper Swart River Valley (now ''Toli Valley'',Tolikara Regency
Tolikara Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 14,564 km2, and had a population of 114,427 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 239,543 at the 2020 ...
). The first white people
White is a Race (human categorization), racial classification of people generally used for those of predominantly Ethnic groups in Europe, European ancestry. It is also a Human skin color, skin color specifier, although the definition can var ...
to live among the Lani of in Tolikara were John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
"Tolibaga" and Helen "Tukwe" Dekker, under whose ministry the Christian population among the Lani grew to 13,000.
Population
The total population of Lani tribes in the 1980s, as reported by Douglas Hayward in his book ''The Dani of Irian Jaya, Before and After Conversion'' was around 200,000 people.
Culture
The most distinguishable feature of the Lani and Dani tribes are their kotekas, or penis gourds made from the bottle gourd. Lani men wear ''kobewak'' or ''kobeba'', which are thicker and larger (can have a diameter of 10 cm or more) and are flat at the top. The large kobewaks are used to hold tobacco and other valuables. The directions of the kobeba depend on the social status of the wearer, straight upright meant the wearer is virgin male. If it leans to the right, the wearer is brave, rich, and nobleman, on the other hand, leaning left, meant the wearer is descendant of ''Panglima Perang'' or ''Apendabogur'' (war chief). Meanwhile Lani women wear two types of skirt made of barks, the colourful green, yellow, red, and purple ''sali koe'' or the brown and purple tipped skirt called ''sali keragi''.See also
*Indigenous people of New Guinea
The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Mal ...
* Forgotten Bird of Paradise
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