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The Asaro Tribe

The Asaro Mudmen

By Regan, James, Nicole, and Gwendolyn

Government/Power & Economic Structure

  • The Asaro have sages that they look up to and seek for advice.
  • Wealth is shown by owning more livestock and tending to more produce.
  • Some are wage-earners Goroka
  • Others raise coffee as a cash crop or grow produce to sell in Goroka's markets

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Arts, Music, and Celebrations

  • The groom's family pays a bride-price
  • Price paid for with money, food, livestock, or other gifts
  • A main form of art they create is mud masks
  • Music is made with drums and chanting
  • Men preform ceremonies for tourists that are designed to intimidate them and commemorate Asaro origins.

Belief System

  • The Asaro seek advice from a sage
  • They used to have a strong fear of spirits
  • Initiation Ceremony: painting their face and drilling a hole in their nose.
  • Wear necklaces that symbolize strength and courage in battle
  • Converted to Christianity

The Asaro Mudmen

Food and Clothing

  • Houses are circular or rectangular in shape, made from weaved bamboo
  • Buildings are low to contain heat, with high ceilings
  • Sleeping and cooking are done in the same area
  • Their traditional clothing was made from cloth and decorated with leaves, but is now modern clothing
  • Use a "mumu" for cooking
  • Tend livestock and vegetables
  • Come from Papua New Guinea
  • Tale of the mudmen rising from the river
  • The modern world has had an affect on their living

Family/Social/Gender Structure

  • When married, the bride is taken into the grooms family and leaves her family
  • The brides family helps to take care of the grooms family
  • Marriage partners chosen from non-relative Dano speakers
  • In the hot afternoons, men gather to play cards while women go to Goroka to sell goods
  • There is not much other information for women that we could find
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