Article: Lavongai

Article: Indigenous knowledge for community benefit: examples from ...
Contemporary PNG Studies;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... indigenous knowledge of the people of Lavongai Island (also known as New Hanover ... world. The paper illustrates how the Lavongai custodians of indigenous knowledge have ... such community in this region lives on Lavongai Island (also known as New Hanover ...

Article: Cargo Cult as Theatre: political performance in the Pacific.(Book ...
Oceania;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... ethnographic and historical information on Lavongai culture in New Hanover, Billings draws ... styles' of the two culture areas. Lavongai culture on New Hanover, she argues ... institutionalized, and peck-ordered'. The Lavongai emphasis on competitive individualism ...

Article: Lesu
Encyclopedia of World Cultures;      700+ words ... ... groups include the Nokon, Mandak, Usen Barok, Nusu, and Lavongai. There is no social cohesion among these groups and, prior ... flat shells. Tsera were made by specialists on the island of Lavongai, north of New Ireland. Items were never sold at a profit ...

Article: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition - criminal group ...
Oceania;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... in Vunadidir, East New Britain Province (Post-Courier, Thursday, October 28, 1993, p.15); * 34 youths in South Lavongai, New Ireland Province (Post-Courier, Friday, December 10, 1993, p.4); * 45 youths in Mendi, Southern Highlands ...

Encyclopedia entry: New Hanover
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      303 words ...New Hanover or Lavongai , volcanic island, c.460 sq mi (1,190 sq km), in the Bismarck Archipelago , part of Papua New Guinea. New Hanover is mountainous ...