Kila mwaka mnamo Februari 5, maelfu ya Wapapua hukusanyika pamoja kwenye Kisiwa kidogo lakini muhimu kihistoria cha Mansinam. Kabla jua halijachomoza, boti hujipanga ufukweni. Watu wanatembea polepole kuelekea kwenye makaburi …
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Social & Culture
171 Years of the Gospel in Papua: Faith, History, and Cultural Change in the Land of Mansinam
Every year on February 5, thousands of Papuans come together on the small but historically important Mansinam Island. Before the sun rises, boats line the shore. People are slowly walking …
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Mipaka ya Papua inashughulikia maeneo mengi katika misitu mirefu ya mvua na nyanda za juu mashariki mwa Indonesia, ambazo mara nyingi huwa mbali sana. Hapo awali, maeneo haya ya mpakani …
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Papua’s borderlands cover a lot of ground in eastern Indonesia’s deep rainforests and highlands, which are often very far apart. In the past, these rural border areas next to Papua …
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Swahili
Walinzi wa Msitu: Jinsi Serikali ya Papua Barat na Wapapua Wenyeji Wanavyoshirikiana Kulinda Misitu ya Kimila
Asubuhi na mapema, ukungu huinuka polepole kutoka kwenye vilele vya miti katika misitu ya Papua Barat (Papua Magharibi). Ndege huimba kutoka kwenye miti mirefu ya merbau, na njia nyembamba za …
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Social & Culture
Guardians of the Forest: How the Government of Papua Barat and the Indigenous Papuan are Working Together to Protect Customary Forests
In the early morning hours, mist slowly rises from the tops of the trees in the forests of Papua Barat (West Papua). Birds sing from tall merbau trees, and narrow …
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Swahili
Mali ya Chakula ya Papua Selatan: Mwanzo Mpya wa Usalama wa Chakula na Ujenzi wa Miundombinu
Mashamba ya Papua Selatan (Kusini mwa Papua) hupata jua nyingi asubuhi. Hayajatumika sana kwa muda mrefu, na yako mbali na vituo vya kiuchumi vya nchi, lakini yana uwezo mkubwa. Katika …
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The fields of Papua Selatan (South Papua) get a lot of sun in the morning. They haven’t been used much in a long time, and they’re far from the country’s …
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Swahili
Kutembea Kuelekea Wakati Ujao: Jinsi Safari Ndefu za Abiro Busup na Ace Zinavyobadilisha Sera ya Elimu na Maendeleo ya Miundombinu ya Papua
Abiro Busup, mvulana mdogo, tayari ameamka kabla jua halijachomoza juu ya milima yenye ukungu ya Papua. Msitu unaozunguka mji wake bado ni mweusi na kimya, isipokuwa wadudu na ndege ambao …
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Development
Walking Toward the Future: How the Long Journeys of Abiro Busup and Ace Are Changing Papua’s Education Policy and Infrastructure Development
Abiro Busup, a little boy, is already awake before the sun rises over the misty mountains of Papua. The forest around his town is still dark and quiet, except for …
