Video and photos in HD I have made during my trip to Papua in Indonesia. This video is part of the trip I’ve made in Indonesia in August of 2014. The part in Papua (among the Dani villages in the Baliem Valley) was an organized trekking of 5 days, with a personal local guide and a couple of porters. This was not a group tour with other tourists. In fact, I have seen almost no other tourists in Papua at the time of my visit.

The tour was called: “5 DAYS - 4 NIGHTS BALIEM VALLEY EASY HIKING - Option 2”
Cost (in 2014): US$ 620 (including accommodation and meals)

First part of the video has been taken in the Anemoigi Village, were they have made a tribal war dance for me. Also a visit to the village of Sumpaima to view the 250 years old Mummy. After that, there is the video and images of the trekking in the Baliem valley, to the Dani villages of Kurima, Kilise and Yetni. In addition, there is the video of the funeral of a member of the Dani people (I have been lucky to witness this ceremony as a guest), with the traditional cooking of the pigs with hot stones. At the end the Lake Sentani, with its fishermans villages.

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PAPUA (source Wikipedia):

Papua is the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia, comprising most of Western New Guinea. Papua is bordered by the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, and by West Papua province to the west. Since 2002, Papua province has special autonomy status, making it a special region. Its capital is Jayapura. It was formerly called Irian Jaya (and earlier West Irian or Irian Barat) and comprised all of Indonesian New Guinea. In 2002 the current name was adopted and in 2003 West Papua province was created from western parts of Papua province.

"Papua" is the official Indonesian and internationally recognised name for the province.

During the Dutch colonial era the region was known as part of "Dutch New Guinea" or "Netherlands New Guinea". Since its annexation in 1969, it became known as "West Irian" or "Irian Barat" until 1973, and thereafter renamed "Irian Jaya" (roughly translated, "Glorious Irian") by the Suharto administration. This was the official name until the name "Papua" was adopted in 2002. Today, the indigenous inhabitants of this province prefer to call themselves Papuans.

The name "West Papua" was adopted in 1961 by the New Guinea Council until the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred administration to the Republic of Indonesia in 1963. "West Papua" has since been used by Papuans as a self-identifying term, especially by those demanding self-determination, and usually refers to the whole of the Indonesian portion of New Guinea. The other Indonesian province that shares New Guinea, West Irian Jaya, has been officially renamed as West Papua, or Papua Barat. The entire western New Guinea is often referred to as "West Papua" internationally – especially among networks of international solidarity with the West Papuan independence movement.

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