Baining people

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The Baining people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern New Britain in Papua New Guinea, known for their distinctive night fire dances and largely horticultural way of life.

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Label Occurrences
Baining people canonical 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
ceremony harvest rituals
initiation rituals
mortuary rituals
colonialHistory contact with German colonial administration in late 19th century
later administration by Australian mandate authorities
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
economicActivity cash cropping
subsistence agriculture
environment inland mountain areas of East New Britain
tropical rainforest
knownFor Baining fire dance
elaborate barkcloth masks
night fire dances
ritual dances around large fires
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn East New Britain Province
New Britain
northeastern New Britain
neighboringGroup Pomio people NERFINISHED
Tolai people
partOf indigenous peoples of New Britain
indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea
region Islands Region of Papua New Guinea
religion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
socialOrganization hamlet-based communities
patrilineal clans
traditionalArtForm body painting
mask-making
traditionalCrop bananas
sweet potatoes
taro
yams
traditionalFood pigs
traditionalMaterial bamboo
barkcloth
leaves
traditionalSubsistence horticulture
hunting and gathering
pig husbandry
swidden agriculture
usesLanguage Baining languages
Kairak language
Mali language
Qaqet language
Simbo language
surface form: Simbo language (Baining)

Ura language

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New Britain hasEthnicGroup Baining people
Mengen people neighboringGroup Baining people
Nakanai people neighboringGroup Baining people