Paying the head of the dead: the role of kin in the yung ceremony among Sentani peoples in Jayapura Papua Indonesia

The yung ceremony is a ceremony to ‘pay the head’ of the dead in the culture of the Sentani people which is still maintained today. This paper will analyze the role of relatives in the process of ‘paying the head’ of the dead among Sentani people. The research approach used is descriptive qualitativ...

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Main Authors: Fredrik Sokoy, Usman Idris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2024.2442814
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