Honai

DURATION: 05:52
PLACE: Wamena, Papua
DIRECTOR: Niko Asso 

The traditional Honai house is the centre of community life in the central highlands. It is in the Honai that all cultural rituals take place, from clan gatherings to peace making. As time has progressed, the people of Wamena have lived in a new type of abode, which they call Rumah Sehat (healthy houses). Although the young generation have settled in these houses, they still believe that Honai resembles the centre of their ethnic groups, which need preservation.

 

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