Echoes of The Past
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The practice of tatooing and smearing the face with colors have their origin in the distant past and had left their mark on certain cultures today.
The Indigenous Bumbita Arapesh of Papua New Guinea
An article surveying the cultural history of the Bumbita Arapesh people of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. Based on the field research of anthropologist Stephen Leavitt, this article shows the adverse effects colonization can have on a culture.
