Endangered Culture in Papua New Guinea

$20K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Papua New Guinea
Start Date	May 09, 2001
End Date	Mar 13, 2006
Duration	1,769 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77084-48`

Grant Description

Lumi culture and the Tenkile, a threatened a threatened tree kangaroo integral to the traditions of the Lumi people, are intrinsically valuable as elements of PNG's unique cultural and biological diversity. The project is recording the unwritten mythology of the Tenkile, and describing associated customs of the Lumi people.