The Huli Tribe
The Huli tribe are a community of indigenous people who are living in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. People have estimated that there are around 150,000 people in population. They have been living in the current area for about 1000 years.
History The Huli people have lived in their region for around 1000 years and were not known to the Europeans until 1935. They were discovered by Jack Hides and James O'Malley when the explorers were on their famous Strickland-Purari patrol. Jobs and Economy The Huli people live by hunting and farming. In the tribe, it is usually the men who will take up the job as hunters, and the one growing crops and gathering plants will be the females. With farming, the men help clear the land, but the rest of work is done by women. The people in the tribe are very skilled farmers, they have planted and produced many crops, and food too, (some include: sweet potatoes, corn, cabbages and etc). Clothing Huli people have quite the usual 'rainforest people' clothing choices. A lot of the times you will see the males wearing nothing else other than a gourd that is tied under his genitals and around his waist. The females will usually be found wearing grass skirts. In the pictures shown, we can see their clothing for tribal get-togethers and celebrations. For events, they would wear always red, yellow and sometimes black face-paint, and as a nice touch to their look they would also wear a crown made out of feathers from birds such as colourful parrot's and eagles. Diet The main diet for these people are yams and manioc, but sometimes they also eat the village raised pigs. They also hunted for large birds, monkeys and etc, and occasionally eat wild cassowary, kangaroos and cuscus. |