Zia (Papua New Guinea)

Zia (Papua New Guinea)

The Zia are a tribe of about 4,000 people living in the lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The Zia tribe is divided into four clans, Bego ("hornbill"), Sakiya ("white cockatoo"), Wapo "(eagle)" and Yewa "(bird of paradise)", each animal the clan's symbol. Each clan also carries specific responsibilities to the tribe at large, in part through the maintenance of specialized field of knowledge. The clans are maternalistic, with children inheriting their mother's clan membership and disallowing marriage between two members of the same clan.

Tribe decisions are made by chiefs representing the four clans and as such, require a majority of represented support to proceed.

The Zia tribal area covers the lower reaches of the Waria river, and extends along the Solomon Sea north and south of the river mouth. Communities include Zare, Ainse, Siu, Popoe, Dona, Saigara, Pema, Siu, Bau and Eu.

Only the communities of Eu, Pema and Zare have schools with instruction above the third year. As a consequence, parents who wish to send their children to higher grades, despite the prohibitive cost for many, must send their children to live in other communities for extended periods of time.

The nearest high school is four hours away north along the coast by boat.

The region's current Minister in Parliament is Sasa Zibe [2] , who is from the area.

Since 2001, groups of English teachers from Japan have been traveling to the area to carry out educational charity work, as part of both the Niigata International Charity Organization and the Niigata-PNG Association.

References

* A Story From PNG, by Sasa Zibe [http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:uu8IKqOLgEYJ:www.tomorrowsforest.com/story.htm+zia+tribe&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox-a]
* Bringing the classrooms to the children: A teaching program for Papua New Guinea; a learning experience for Japan. By Everett Kennedy Brown. The Japan Times, Friday, June 21, 2002 [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20020621eb.html]
* College Lecturer Joins Remote Community in Papua New Guinea. [http://www.coralcay.org/archives/papua_new_guinea/college_lecture.php]


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