Wana people
Tau Taa Wana | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (Central Sulawesi) | |
| Languages | |
| Pamona (Taa dialect) | |
| Religion | |
| Ethnic religion (predominantly), Christianity, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pamona people |
Wana people or Tau Taa Wana is a ethnic group of the numerous sub-tribes who speak variants from Taa dialect of Pamona language in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The Wana people referred to themselves as Tau Taa, as in tau means 'people' and taa means 'not'. But most outsiders refers them as To Wana which means 'people in the forest' because of their social image as a community residing in forests.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/asia_pacific/indonesia_wana_visit_mc_mar09_eng.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jane Monnig Atkinson, 1989, The Art and Politics of Wana Shamanship, University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/asia_pacific/indonesia_wana_visit_mc_mar09_eng.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Home". ymp.or.id.
Further reading
[edit]- Marcus Colchester (2009), A Visit To The Land Of The Wana: A Forest People Of Indonesia (PDF), Forest Peoples Programme
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20100529002842/http://www.ymp.or.id/english/ Official website in English
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