The women of the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, practice the tradition of ritually amputating parts of their fingers when a loved one dies. In late-October 2024, a post on Facebook highlighted an ...

Remarkable photos have captured a reclusive mountain tribe who cook their ancestors' remains every day to help preserve their mummified bodies. The Dani people of Baliem Valley in West Papua, ...

The practice of finger-cutting among the Dani tribe of Indonesia is indeed real, albeit increasingly rare. When grief strikes the Dani people of Papua, Indonesia, women express their sorrow through a ...

Years ago in the highlands of Papua's Baliem Valley, "tribal war was a symbol" of maturity and power, says Dr. Semiarto Aji Purwanto, head of the research division at the University of Indonesia's ...