tailieunhanh - Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume 2 - Oceania - G

Bách khoa toàn thư nền nông nghiệp thế giới - Châu Úc - Vần G | 68 Futuna _ sembling traditional beliefs in an immortal spirit and in an afterlife in a place known as Lagi meaning sky or Pu-lotu while Fale Mate literally house of suffering was a kind of hell. See also Rotuma Samoa Tonga Uvea Bibliography Burrows Edwin C. 1936 . The Ethnology of Futuna. Bernice B. Bishop Museum Bulletin no. 138. Honolulu. Kirch Patrick 1976 . Ethno-Archeological Investigations. In Futuna and Uvea Western Polynesia A Preliminary Report. Journal of the Polynesian Society 85 27-69. NANCY J. POLLOCK Gahuku Gama ETHNONYMS Gahuku Garfuku Gorokans Orientation Identification. The name Gahuku like Gama is that of a tribe or district group but the former has been extended by linguists to include a congeries of such units and the common language they speak Location. Gahuku occupy the open grassland and ridges immediately to the west of the town of Goroka which is located at 6 5 S 145 25 E and serves as the administrative center of the Goroka District of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Bounded to the north by the Bismarck Range the Goroka Valley is drained by the Asaro and Bena Bena rivers and lies at an elevation of about 1 200 meters with surrounding mountains reaching over 3 000 meters. Centuries of forest clearance have left little timber in the region though the extensive grasslands are now being reforested through administration-sponsored schemes. A marked dry season sometimes led to periodic food shortages in the past but about 190 centimeters of rain fall annually mostly from November to March. Demography. At first European contact in 1930 there were an estimated 50 000 people living in the Goroka area but it is difficult to say how many of those were Gahuku. Currently slightly more than 16 000 Gahuku speakers are officially recognized. Linguistic Affiliation. Some linguists consider Gahuku to be a dialect with Asaro or Gururumba of the .