Sleeping

Household

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Real Property

Regulation of Marriage

Lineages

Moieties

Community Structure

Labor Relations

Ingroup Antagonisms

Inter-Community Relations

Political Movements

Instigation of War

Mats and Basketry

Ceramic Technology

External Trade

Vegetable Production

Special Crops

Income and Demand

Labor Supply and Employment

Wages and Salaries

Highways and Bridges

Identification

Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Heads

Informal in-Group Justice

Judicial Authority

Sorcery

Prophets and Ascetics

Congregations

Termination of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

Residence

Polygamy

Labor and Leisure

Division of Labor by Gender

Linguistic Identification

Bibliographies in Sources

Gift Giving

Arranging a Marriage

Nuptials

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Ceremonial During Infancy and Childhood

Adulthood

Public Structures

Music

Musical Instruments

Dance

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Arboriculture

Diet

Disasters

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Property in Movables

Talent Mobility

Gender Status

Clans

Mythology

Spirits and Gods

Material Not Relevant

Family Relationships

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Education System

Reviews and Critiques

Inheritance

Standard of Living

Population

Water Supply

Dwellings

Settlement Patterns

Miscellaneous Facilities

Electric Power

Visiting and Hospitality

Territorial Hierarchy

External Relations

Prehistory

Traditional History

Historical Reconstruction

Medium of Exchange

Missions

Kinship Terminology

Kin Relationships

Mercantile Business

Retail Marketing

Life and Death

Cosmology

Eschatology

Ethnogeography

Religious Offenses

Bodily Injuries

Theory of Disease

Magical and Mental Therapy

Medical Therapy

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Flora

Tribe and Nation

Community Councils

Districts

Provinces

Deliberative Councils

Elections

Sociocultural Trends

Buying and Selling

Culture Summary: Siwai

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

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

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Papuan-speaking Siwai reside in South Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Siwais have long been horticulturalists, subsisting largely on taro (sweet potatoes after World War II), supplemented with a variety of other vegetables, pigs (particularly important in ceremonies), fishing, and tree crops. Cocoa was introduced in the late 1950s and has become a major cash crop. Most adult men have since been employed as plantation laborers or as copper miners in other parts of the island. Households are comprised of nuclear families. Many Siwais go on to secondary and tertiary education, and some participate in the local, regional and national democratic government. Prior to the establishment of wage labor and a cash economy, women held some sway through matrilineage control of agricultural and hunting lands, and enterprising men amassed prestige and power through organizing multi-village feasts.

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