A Papua.

Indigenous peoples of New Guinea and its adjacent islands in the western Pacific. It belongs to nigro-Australian Papua type and Melanesian type. It uses more than 700 languages and dialects, forming its own language family. Some people speak English and Pijiang. Worship ancestors and totems, superstitious elves and witchcraft; Some people converted to Christianity.

Long-term engaged in primitive agriculture, prevailing slash-and-burn cultivation; Mountain areas are supplemented by gathering and hunting; The coastal areas are dominated by fisheries. Some people go into cities to make a living or work in mines and farms. After independence, urban construction, transportation, industry and mining have developed rapidly.

Some researchers believe that the ancestors of Papuans may have moved from Southeast Asia 50,000 years ago and have been mixed with new immigrants ever since.

Before the invasion of European colonists, society was in the late period of primitive commune (see primitive commune system) and was divided into hundreds of tribes. Generally speaking, clans (see patriarchal clan system) are used as units to form villages with about 40 to 50 people.

Since19th century, it has been colonized by Holland, Germany, Britain and Australia. 1963, Indonesia to the west, 1975, East declared independence and established an independent country, Papua New Guinea.

Papua people have been engaged in primitive agriculture for a long time, and slash-and-burn cultivation is prevalent, planting potatoes, beans, sago, bananas and sugar cane; Mountain areas are supplemented by gathering and hunting; The coastal areas are dominated by fisheries. Most of them still live a self-sufficient life in the countryside.

After independence, urban construction, industry, mining and transportation have developed rapidly. Papuans are good at carving, pottery making and shipbuilding. Simple clothes, like wearing nose ornaments, spotted tattoos are popular, and headhunting customs have become popular in some places. Most of the houses are huts with high feet, and the village is surrounded by fences.