Tolai people of East New Britain
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The Tolai people of East New Britain are an Indigenous Melanesian ethnic group of Papua New Guinea known for their rich ceremonial traditions, distinctive shell-money economy, and use of the Tolai (Kuanua) language.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tolai people | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Melanesian people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| artForm |
bark cloth
ⓘ
carved masks ⓘ ceremonial dance ⓘ masked dances ⓘ shell ornaments ⓘ |
| cashCrop |
cocoa
ⓘ
copra ⓘ |
| ceremonialCurrency | tabu shell money ⓘ |
| ceremony |
dukduk ceremony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tubuan ceremony ⓘ |
| colonialContactWith |
Australian colonial administration
ⓘ
German New Guinea administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Bismarck Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicStatus | one of the largest ethnic groups in East New Britain ⓘ |
| economyFeature | shell-money economy ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | patrilineal descent ⓘ |
| language |
Kuanua language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tolai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East New Britain Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | New Britain Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorTownNearby |
Kokopo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rabaul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCulturalFeature |
bridewealth exchanges using shell money
ⓘ
elaborate mortuary ceremonies ⓘ initiation rituals ⓘ |
| region | Islands Region of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
United Church in Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secretSociety |
dukduk society
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tubuan society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStructure | clan-based organization ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gardening ⓘ |
| traditionalCurrency | tabu shell money ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | stilt houses ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
spirit beliefs ⓘ |
| uses | shell money strings ⓘ |
| usesShellMoneyFor | bridewealth ⓘ |
| usesShellMoneyFor | compensation payments ⓘ |
| usesShellMoneyFor |
land transactions
ⓘ
mortuary rites ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.