Lani people

Lani people
Western Dani
Villagers from Kampung Dugu-Dugu, Kuyawage, Lanny Jaya
Total population
about 200.000 people.[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia (Central Papua and Highland Papua)
Languages
Lani, Upper Dani,[2] Indonesian
Religion
Christianity, animism
Related ethnic groups
Damal, Dani, Yali

The Lani are an indigenous people in Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east.

  1. ^ Douglas James Hayward (1980). The Dani of Irian Jaya Before And After Conversion. Regions Press. ASIN B0007AW6B4.
  2. ^ Tabuni, Gasper (2017). Kunume Wene-Nya Masyarakat Adat Balim: Studi Kasus Makna ‘Kunume Wene’ dalam Perilaku Orang Kombarabuni dalam Jangkauan Zaman (Thesis). Magister Studi Pembangunan Program Pascasarjana UKSW. Retrieved 2024-06-18.