Hiri trade voyages

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Hiri trade voyages were traditional long-distance canoe expeditions by Motu people of Papua New Guinea, undertaken to exchange clay pots and other goods with Gulf communities across the Gulf of Papua.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canoe voyage
cultural practice
intangible cultural heritage
maritime trade route
traditional trade expedition
associatedFestival Hiri Moale Festival
continuedUntil 20th century
country Papua New Guinea
culturalSignificance basis for Hiri Moale Festival
central to Motu identity
declineFactors colonial economic changes
introduction of modern transport
destination Papuan Gulf villages
directionOutbound westward from Port Moresby area to Papuan Gulf
directionReturn eastward back to Motu villages
documentedBy anthropologists studying Papuan Gulf trade
documentedIn Papua New Guinean oral histories
economicFunction long-distance exchange of goods
redistribution of food resources
heritageStatus important traditional practice of Papua New Guinea
languageContext Motu language
location Papua New Guinea
mainCommodityExported ceramic pots
clay pots
mainCommodityImported canoe logs
sago
shell valuables
mainParticipants Motu trading parties
navigationalEnvironment Papua Gulf region
surface form: coastal waters of Gulf of Papua

open sea
organizedBy Motu leaders
practicedBy Hiri Motu language
surface form: Austronesian-speaking Motu

Motu people
preparationInvolved construction of large lagatoi canoes
rituals and divination
region Gulf of Papua
risk dangerous sea conditions
loss of canoes and lives
season southeast trade wind season
socialFunction creation of intercommunity alliances
maintenance of kinship ties
startingPoint Hanuabada
Motu villages near Port Moresby
timePeriod precolonial era
tradingPartners Elema people
Gulf communities
peoples of the Papuan Gulf
transport lagatoi sailing canoes
vesselTypeUsed lagatoi

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Hiri Motu namedAfter Hiri trade voyages