Trobriander

Trobriander, Melanesian of Kiriwina (Trobriand) archipelago in eastern New Guinea. Livelihood is based on yam and other vegetables, breeding pigs and fish. Yam Pantry and Chief 's house is in the middle of a village surrounded by a circular house. Each cottage is occupied by a family. Trobrianders are divided into totems and their members track in their mothers (ie, from common ancestors to female lines).

The village is a major social unit, members gather their garden under the guidance of the garden magician, open the ceremony, and travel together for adventure. Each village has a head, and senior leaders or chiefs may have the power of several villages. The importance of wealth as a sign of power and exercise is very important

Trobrianders are known for their well-designed tribal trading system, kula (qv), described by Bronisław Malinowski in the classical Argonauts (1922) of Western Pacific Anthropology. A red shell necklace is traded in a clockwise direction around the island between permanent counterparties and a white shellfish bracelet is traded counterclockwise. Construction of a large oceanic canoe for maritime trade inspection

Trobrianders use Yam as a currency and think of them as a sign of wealth and power. Western tourists often spend money to buy goods from Trobrianers. There is also Kula exchange. This is a very important tradition in the Trobrian Islands. These women also use a bunch of banana leaves. When married, a man grows up for her sister and daughter every year. My husband does not offer threads to his wife. The woman receives, she is strong and wealthy. My husband is expected to give his wife's thread to his wife's father or brother in turn. When a woman first got married she received a thread from her father until she thought that her sister and her husband were big enough to give him a thread.

Trobriander, Melanesian of Kiriwina (Trobriand) archipelago in eastern New Guinea. Livelihood is based on yam and other vegetables, breeding pigs and fish. Yam Pantry and Chief 's house is in the middle of a village surrounded by a circular house. Each cottage is occupied by a family. Trobrianders are divided into totems and their members track in their mothers (ie, from common ancestors to female lines).

Trobrianders are indigenous people living in the Trobrian islands of Papua New Guinea. These islands originally arrived by the French in 1793 and in fact were named after the lieutenant on the ship. However, this initial discovery did not lead to colonization. Methodist missionaries came to the island of Kiribina in 1894 and in about ten years Australian colonial officials set up government agencies here. Next is a small group of foreign businessmen. In the 1930 's, the mission of Catholic arrived and founded an elementary school. According to the 70-year Australian colonial rule attempt and various religious conversion, the Tropelians still insisted on transformation. In the 1970's, indigenous islanders began anti-colonial movement, won independence in 1975.