Sociocultural Trends

Production and Supply

External Trade

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Housekeeping

Settlement Patterns

Streets and Traffic

Urban and Rural Life

Household

Bibliographies in Sources

Reviews and Critiques

Material Not Relevant

Glossary

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Arboriculture

Deliberative Councils

External Relations

Revolution

Religious Denominations

Missions

Ingroup Antagonisms

Social Control

Informal in-Group Justice

Judicial Authority

Cult of the Dead

Organization and Analysis of Results

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Inheritance

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Rest Days and Holidays

Visiting and Hospitality

Congregations

Income and Demand

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Illegitimacy

Identification

Real Property

Incorporeal Property

Sorcery

Magicians and Diviners

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Diet

Commercial Facilities

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Exchange Transactions

Internal Trade

General Character of Religion

Animism

Spirits and Gods

Sleeping

Population

Clans

Territorial Hierarchy

Towns

Exploitation

Political Parties

Elections

Division of Labor by Gender

Cooperative Organization

Standard of Living

Gender Status

Gift Giving

Lineages

Purification and Atonement

Rules of Descent

Community Structure

Life and Death

Eschatology

Kinship Terminology

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Visual Arts

Inter-Community Relations

Instigation of War

CULTURE SUMMARY: MANUS

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

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&#x22;Manus&#x22; refers to residents of the Papua New Guinea province of Manus. Manus Province includes the main island of Manus (an island 272 km north-northeast of the mainland of Papua New Guinea) and offshore islands. The Manus language family contains scores of distinct languages; although many people know several Manus languages much of the communication between groups is in Melanesian pidgin. Sociopolitical life is organized on the village and patriclan level.

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