Tired of killing, tribe resorts to old traditions
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 15:32
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Enga people of Papua New Guinea have long been used to a culture where small-scale wars were common, short-lived and ended in peaceful relations between clans. But in 1990, the younger generation ditched their bows and arrows for shotguns and semiautomatics, and the Enga experienced 20 years of runaway violence that claimed nearly 5,000 lives.