Wana people

Wana
Tau Taa–Wana
Total population
44,579 (2010)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia (Central Sulawesi)
Languages
Pamona (Taa and Wana dialects)
Religion
Ethnic religion (predominantly), Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Pamona people

Wana people or Tau Taa–Wana is an ethnic group of the numerous sub-tribes who speak variants from Taa dialect of Pamona language in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] The Wana people are divided into two groups, they are the Tau Taa, where tau means 'people' and taa means 'not', a group that lives in villages. Meanwhile, To Wana which means 'forest people' is a group that lives nomadically because of their social image as a society that lives in the forest.[3]

The people are an indigenous peoples who live in small villages (lipu) around the Bulang and Bongka River. Since the year 2000, the Wana people have implemented rotational farming as a means of maintaining themselves. Before this they lived as a nomadic tribe.[4]

The Wana people are currently under threat. This is mainly constituted over land trouble. Since 1994 incursions from the government of Indonesia's transmigration program have affected their traditional ways of life.[5] Yayasan Merah Putih is a non-profit, NGO in Palu that has been a supporter of Wana rights since 1999 and has also introduced sekolah lipu or village schools in order to help the Wana people.[6]

References

  1. ^ Ananta, Aris; Arifin, Evi Nurvidya; Hasbullah, M. Sairi; Handayani, Nur Budi; Pramono, Agus (2015). Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 119–122. ISBN 9814519871.
  2. ^ http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/asia_pacific/indonesia_wana_visit_mc_mar09_eng.pdf
  3. ^ Ramadhanil Pitopang (2012). "Ethnoecological System of Tao Taa Wana Tribe In The Morowali Nature Reserve, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia". Proc. Soc. Indon. Biodiv. Inter. Con. academia.edu. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  4. ^ Jane Monnig Atkinson, 1989, The Art and Politics of Wana Shamanship, University of California Press, Berkeley.
  5. ^ http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/asia_pacific/indonesia_wana_visit_mc_mar09_eng.pdf
  6. ^ "Home". ymp.or.id.

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