Enga offer pork as compensation (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Enga offer pork as compensation

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Enga clan members in Papua New Guinea offer pieces of pork in a 2011 village court compensation ceremony to settle a homicide case without starting a war among clans. The ceremony took place near the Enga provincial capital of Wabag.

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Polly Wiessner, University of Utah.

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