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Sawi people

Sawi people

Ethnic group in Indonesia

The Sawi or Sawuy are an ethnic group of South Papua, Indonesia. They were known to be cannibalistic headhunters as recently as the 1950s.[2] They speak the Sawi language, which belongs to the Awyu language family.

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Since then, many of Sawi have converted to Christianity and the world's largest circular building made strictly from un-milled poles was constructed in 1972 as a Christian meeting place by the Sawi.[3] Christian missionary Don Richardson who lived among the Sawi wrote a book about the experience called Peace Child.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Sawuy in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  2. [2]
    Tucker (1983), p. 476
  3. [3]
    Tucker (1983), p. 478

Further reading

  • Peace Child (1974) ISBN 1-57658-289-2
  • Tucker, Ruth (1983). From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-23937-0.


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