Mountain Ok people

The Min peoples or Mountain Ok peoples are a cultural group in the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

The Min peoples, though multiple distinct peoples, shared a ritual system.[3] The Telefol were acknowledged by the Min as being at the highest level of sacred knowledge, and groups such as the Baktaman were at the lowest level. In this ranking the Urapmin were either at the top or at least very close to the Telefol.[4] This is similar to the caste system traditionally used in Hindu and Hinduism-influenced regions of India.

References
  1. Moretti (2007:306)
  2. Barker (2007:28)
  3. Robbins (2004:15)
  4. Robbins (2004:17)

Bibliography
  • Barker, John (2007). The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0754671855.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Moretti, Daniele (2007). "Ecocosmologies in the Making: New Mining Rituals in Two Papua New Guinea Societies". Ethnology. 46 (4).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Robbins, Joel (2004). Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society. University of California Press. pp. 383. ISBN 978-0-520-23800-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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