{"id":546,"date":"2020-07-26T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2020-07-26T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T09:16:00","slug":"huli-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/huli-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Huli people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<b>Huli<\/b>\u00a0are an\u00a0indigenous people\u00a0who live in the\u00a0Hela Province\u00a0of\u00a0Papua New Guinea. They speak primarily\u00a0Huli\u00a0and\u00a0Tok Pisin; many also speak some of the surrounding languages, and some also speak\u00a0English. They are one of the largest cultural groups in Papua New Guinea, numbering over 250,000 people (based on the population of Hela of 249,449 at the time of the 2011 national census).<sup id=\"cite_ref-NSO_2014_1-1\" class=\"reference\">[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"toc\" role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"mw-toc-heading\">\n<div class=\"toctitle\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<h2 id=\"mw-toc-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contents\"><\/span>Contents<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_50 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-64bb76757cfce\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-64bb76757cfce\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/huli-people\/#Contents\" title=\"Contents\">Contents<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/huli-people\/#Historyedit\" title=\"History[edit]\">History[edit]<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/huli-people\/#Notable_Huliedit\" title=\"Notable Huli[edit]\">Notable Huli[edit]<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/huli-people\/#Referencesedit\" title=\"References[edit]\">References[edit]<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talksomuch.com\/huli-people\/#Sourcesedit\" title=\"Sources[edit]\">Sources[edit]<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><label class=\"toctogglelabel\" for=\"toctogglecheckbox\"><\/label><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-1\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">1<\/span><span class=\"toctext\">History<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-2\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2<\/span><span class=\"toctext\">Notable Huli<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-3\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3<\/span><span class=\"toctext\">References<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-4\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">4<\/span><span class=\"toctext\">Sources<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Historyedit\"><\/span><span id=\"History\" class=\"mw-headline\">History<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span>edit<span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is every indication the Huli have lived in their region for many thousands of years and recount lengthy\u00a0oral histories\u00a0relating to individuals and their clans. They were extensive travellers (predominantly for trade) in both the highlands and lowlands surrounding their homeland, particularly to the south. The Huli were not known to Europeans until November 1934, when at least fifty of them were killed by the Fox brothers, two adventurers unsuccessfully looking for gold who had just parted with the more famous explorers\u00a0Mick\u00a0and Dan Leahy.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\">[2]<\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\">\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Huli men wear elaborate headdresses to battle; piece made c. 1918-1922. This piece is from the collection of\u00a0The Children&#8217;s Museum of Indianapolis.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Huli_Wigman_visit_Cooktown,_Australia_2005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"thumbimage\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2b\/Huli_Wigman_visit_Cooktown%2C_Australia_2005.jpg\/320px-Huli_Wigman_visit_Cooktown%2C_Australia_2005.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2b\/Huli_Wigman_visit_Cooktown%2C_Australia_2005.jpg\/480px-Huli_Wigman_visit_Cooktown%2C_Australia_2005.jpg 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/2b\/Huli_Wigman_visit_Cooktown%2C_Australia_2005.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" data-file-width=\"640\" data-file-height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Huli Wigmen,\u00a0Queensland Music Festival,\u00a0Cooktown, Australia, 2005.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notable_Huliedit\"><\/span><span id=\"Notable_Huli\" class=\"mw-headline\">Notable Huli<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span>edit<span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mundiya Kepanga<\/li>\n<li>James Marape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Referencesedit\"><\/span><span id=\"References\" class=\"mw-headline\">References<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span>edit<span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"reflist\">\n<div class=\"mw-references-wrap\">\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-NSO_2014-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^\u00a0<span class=\"cite-accessibility-label\">Jump up to:<\/span><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup>\u00a0<sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"reference-text\">&#8220;Papua New Guinea National Population and Housing Census 2011: Final figures&#8221;, Port Moresby PNG National Statistical Office 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-2\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a title=\"Jump up\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huli_people#cite_ref-2\" aria-label=\"Jump up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"reference-text\">Chris Ballard, &#8220;La Fabrique de l&#8217;histoire&#8221;, in Isabelle Merle and Michel Naepels,\u00a0<i>Les Rivages du temps: Histoire et anthropologie du Pacifique<\/i>, Paris:\u00a0L&#8217;Harmattan, \u00ab\u00a0Cahiers du Pacifique Sud contemporain\u00a0\u00bb, 2003, pp. 111-34.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sourcesedit\"><\/span><span id=\"Sources\" class=\"mw-headline\">Sources<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span>edit<span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite id=\"CITEREFLomas1998\" class=\"citation web cs1\">Lomas, G.C.J. (1998).\u00a0&#8220;The Huli People of Papua New Guinea: A study in sociolinguistic change&#8221;<span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved\u00a0<span class=\"nowrap\">2006-06-22<\/span><\/span>.<\/cite><\/li>\n<li>Allen, M.R. (1967)\u00a0<i>Male Cults and Secret Initiations in Melanesia<\/i>. Cambridge University Press, New York.<\/li>\n<li>Frankel, S. (1980) &#8220;I am a Dying Man: Pathology of Pollution,&#8221;\u00a0<i>Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry<\/i>\u00a04, pp.\u00a095\u2013117.<\/li>\n<li>Glasse, R. (1974) &#8220;Masks of Venery: Symbols of Sex Antagonism in the Papua New Guinea Highlands,&#8221;\u00a0<i>Homme<\/i>\u00a014:2, pp.\u00a079\u201386; 1968;\u00a0<i>The Huli of Papua,<\/i>\u00a0Mouton and Company, Paris.<\/li>\n<li>Hage, P. and F. Harary. (1981) &#8220;Pollution Beliefs in Highland New Guinea,&#8221;\u00a0<i>Man<\/i>\u00a016, pp.\u00a0367\u2013375.<\/li>\n<li>Lomas, G.C.J. (1998).\u00a0<i>Huli People of Papua New Guinea<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Meshanko, R. (1985)\u00a0<i>The Gospel Amongst the Huli,<\/i>\u00a0Master&#8217;s Dissertation, Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC.<\/li>\n<li>Teske, G. (1978) &#8220;Christianizing the Sangai,&#8221;\u00a0<i>Point<\/i>\u00a02, pp.\u00a071\u2013102.<\/li>\n<li>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huli_people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Huli\u00a0are an\u00a0indigenous people\u00a0who live in the\u00a0Hela Province\u00a0of\u00a0Papua New Guinea. They speak primarily\u00a0Huli\u00a0and\u00a0Tok Pisin; many also speak some of the surrounding languages, and some also speak\u00a0English. 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