Sepik region

E1021845
cultural region geographical region

The Sepik region is a culturally rich area of northern Papua New Guinea known for its diverse indigenous communities, intricate art traditions, and the Sepik River, one of the largest river systems in the Asia-Pacific.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sepik region canonical 4
Sepik River region 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasBiodiversity mangrove and swamp vegetation ⓘ
rich freshwater fauna ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Haus Tambaran (spirit houses) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sepik River art ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice crocodile scarification ⓘ
initiation rituals ⓘ
yam ceremonies ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity art production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
sago production ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEcosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Abelam people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boiken people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chambri people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iatmul people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwoma people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manambu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sawos people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yimas people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Lower Sepik-Ramu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ndu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sepik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torricelli languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Angoram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maprik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wewak NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart East Sepik Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandaun Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiverSystem Sepik River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor ancestral figures ⓘ
ceremonial houses ⓘ
diverse indigenous communities ⓘ
intricate art traditions ⓘ
riverine cultures ⓘ
spirit masks ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
locatedIn northern Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Sepik River floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Momase Region of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy Sepik River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arapesh → region → Sepik region ⓘ
Mundugumor → region → Sepik region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepik River region
Tchambuli → locatedIn → Sepik region ⓘ
Arapesh society → locatedIn → Sepik region ⓘ
Mundugumor society → locatedIn → Sepik region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepik River region
Tchambuli society → locatedIn → Sepik region ⓘ
Naven → setting → Sepik region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepik River region