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Chimbu Skeleton Dancers

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History

Chimbu (or Simbu) of Papau New Guinea whose Province is located in its central Highlands. Living in a remote mountain region of Papua New Guinea, as much as 7,800 feet above sea level, little is known about the Chimbu tribe. Only first making contact with the Western world in 1934, they have largely remained a mystery—making their skeletal body paint even more fascinating

History

The Chimbu tribe are so remote that little is

about their real lives, but it is understood they live in a temperate climate in rugged mountain valleys between 1,600 and 2,400m, traditionally in male-female segregated houses but increasingly sharing as families.

The term “Chimbu” was given to the people by the first Australian explorers in 1934 who heard the word “simbu”  (an expression of a pleasant surprise in Kuman language) exclaimed by the locals when they first met.

Tradition

One of the things that set the Chimbu tribe apart from others is their skeleton dance, Chimbu skeleton dancers prepare themselves for a Sing Sing by painting bones and skulls on their bodies.Between 60 and 100 tribes contribute to the festivities, including those who take part as skeleton dancers.Taking their name from the Pidgin word for a music party, A Sing Sing is a festival or gathering of various clans, tribes or villages in Papua New Guinea with the aim of sharing indigenous tradition and culture.

Combined with dance, the paint jobs of Papua New Guinea’s Chimbu tribe were originally intended to intimidate enemy tribes in what is a hotly-contested and highly-territorial country. It also expected that the enemy tend to believe they are not human and have some source of supernatural power

Traditionally, the Chimbu tribes don’t live in villages but in dispersed settlements. Typical houses in Chimbu Province are oval or rectangular, with dirt floors , low thatched roofs, and walls woven from flattened reeds. Men live in large communal men’s houses (hausman ) set on ridges for defensive purpose while women, children, and pigs live in separate houses.

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