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According to custom the widow, during the mourning period used to wear a string of 365 beads after the husbands death. Each day one of the beads was removed. At the same time she would paint herself with a white chalk. When the beads and the paint were gone she could marry again.
The Huli of the Tari Highlands in Papua New Guinea are a group of indigenous people in which tradition is a key component of their society. The way in which the Huli practice these traditions is through the exquisite and intricately designed wigs in which the men don for spiritual dances and performances, and initiation ceremonies. In Huli society the men and women live separately because the men believe that the women are a harmful influence and a “source of danger”. Thus the society is very split between the men and the women, each of whom have their own specific initiation ceremonies that the youth must undergo in order to become adults within the tribe.
The male initiation ceremony is known as the Haroli bachelor cult. The initiation is led by a cult leader known as a daloali who is looked up to because of his celibacy through ability to resist women’s evil tactics. The young men of the tribe join the cult for two to three years, a time in which they are segregated from the rest of the village in order to not communicate with women and married men. It is through the Haroli cult that the Huli Wigmen gains their notoriety. Possibly the most recognizable part of Huli culture are the extremely tediously constructed wigs and facial decoration in which the men of the Haroli don during celebrations. (Info: https://huliinfo.wikispaces.com)
The Huli of the Tari Highlands in Papua New Guinea are a group of indigenous people in which tradition is a key component of their society. The way in which the Huli practice these traditions is through the exquisite and intricately designed wigs in which the men don for spiritual dances and performances, and initiation ceremonies. In Huli society the men and women live separately because the men believe that the women are a harmful influence and a “source of danger”. Thus the society is very split between the men and the women, each of whom have their own specific initiation ceremonies that the youth must undergo in order to become adults within the tribe.
The male initiation ceremony is known as the Haroli bachelor cult. The initiation is led by a cult leader known as a daloali who is looked up to because of his celibacy through ability to resist women’s evil tactics. The young men of the tribe join the cult for two to three years, a time in which they are segregated from the rest of the village in order to not communicate with women and married men. It is through the Haroli cult that the Huli Wigmen gains their notoriety. Possibly the most recognizable part of Huli culture are the extremely tediously constructed wigs and facial decoration in which the men of the Haroli don during celebrations. (Info: https://huliinfo.wikispaces.com)
According to custom the widow, during the mourning period used to wear a string of 365 beads after the husbands death. Each day one of the beads was removed. At the same time she would paint herself with a white chalk. When the beads and the paint were gone she could marry again.
According to custom the widow, during the mourning period used to wear a string of 365 beads after the husbands death. Each day one of the beads was removed. At the same time she would paint herself with a white chalk. When the beads and the paint were gone she could marry again.
According to custom the widow, during the mourning period used to wear a string of 365 beads after the husbands death. Each day one of the beads was removed. At the same time she would paint herself with a white chalk. When the beads and the paint were gone she could marry again.