The women of the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, practice the tradition of ritually amputating parts of their fingers when a loved one dies. Rating: True (About this rating?) In late-October 2024 ...
Indigenous people in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Flores Island have accused a diocese of promoting violence after a ...
A member of the Forest Tobelo indigenous group in North Maluku, Indonesia. Photo by Muhammad Ector Prasetyo/Flickr. ‘No-go zone’ to protect Indigenous tribe Despite this development ...
We have to fight back," she says. She says the Orang Rimba are one of the most endangered indigenous tribes in Indonesia. Traditionally, Orang Rimba people lived nomadically, moving from place to ...
Their enlarged spleens, driven by a rare gene mutation, release oxygen-rich red blood cells during dives, enabling prolonged underwater endurance. The Bajau can dive as deep as 70 meters without ...
The Amungme tribe in Indonesia's Papua region celebrated a historical milestone on January 10, 2025, when the Faculty of Medicine of the Christian ...