| Title | Pigs for the Ancestors |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1968 |
| Authors | Rappaport RA |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| City | New Haven |
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The Tsembaga Maring swidden agriculture and animal husbandry, Simbai River Valley, Papua New Guinea | Case |
| Tsembaga Maring are a group of horticulturists who live in the highlands of New Guinea. The main resource upon which they relied on is swidden agriculture. The Tsembaga also practiced animal husbandry - the main domesticated animal being pigs. The Tsembaga derived little energetic value from pigs. Pigs did, however, play an important role in Kaiko, an important cultural ritual practiced by the Tsembaga people. Kaiko is a 5-25 year long ritual cycle that is coupled with pig husbandry and... | 09 Aug 2016 |