Sawi people

Sawi people
Sawuy people
Total population
4,800[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia (Papua (province))
Languages
Sawi language, Indonesian language
Religion
Christianity (predominantly), Animism
Related ethnic groups
Papuan

The Sawi or Sawuy are a tribal people of Western New Guinea, Indonesia. They were known to be cannibalistic[2] headhunters as recently as the 1950s.

Since then, many of the tribe have converted to Christianity and the world's largest circular building made strictly from un-milled poles was constructed in 1972 as a Christian meeting place by the Sawi.[3] Christian missionary Don Richardson who lived among the Sawi wrote a book about the experience called Peace Child.

References

  1. ↑ "Sawuy in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  2. ↑ Tucker (1983), p. 476
  3. ↑ Tucker (1983), p. 478

Further reading

  • Peace Child (1974) ISBN 1-57658-289-2
  • Tucker, Ruth (1983). From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-23937-0.


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