FOI (Papua New Guinea)

 

More: Arapesh, Ari, Banaro, Baruya, Binim-Kukusmin, Busama, Dani, Darabi, Dobu Isl., Eipo, Etoro, Gebusi, Huli, Jaquai, Kaluli, Keraki, Kewa, Kimam, Kiwai, Koko, Kwoma, Lesu, Manus, Marind Anim, New Britain, New Ireland, Normanby Islanders, Paiela, “Sambia”, Trobrianders, Vanatinai, Wogeo

 

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‘Before the Christian Mission discouraged the practice, girls were betrothed in infancy. Men nowadays wait until a girl's breasts develop before making betrothal enquiries” (Weiner, 1988:p92/300n6)[1].

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004

 



[1] Weiner, J. F. (1988) The Heart of the Pearl Shell: The Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press