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 ...

The Dani tribe is an indigenous people living in the Baliem Valley of the highlands of West Papua, Indonesia. They are known for their culture and traditions, including one that is particularly ...

Cradling the centuries-old remains of his mummified ancestor, tribe leader Eli Mabel lays bare an ancient tradition that has all but vanished among the Dani people in the Papuan central highlands. The ...

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 ...

Emotional pain is part of the grieving process for most of us — but for the women of the Dani tribe it involves physical pain too. When their loved ones die, female members of the remote Indonesian ...

Many tribes follow customs that are very strange and even weird in terms of the modern day civilisation. One such tribe is the Dani tribe from Indonesia that practices and conducts one such ritual.