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  • Essay / Gebusi Research Paper - 1229

    In the wild and tropical island of Papua New Guinea, there lived an exceptional group of individuals called the Gebusi. By the 1980s, the Gebusi tribe was anything but fashionable and acculturated. The Gebusi had their own particular, singular and special customs and conventions, which they repeated and accompanied. The Gebusi tribe practiced customary homosexuality, divination or witchcraft was extremely respected and refined, and participated in particularly sisterly relational unions. By 1998-99, the Gebusi tribe had adopted a different way of life. The Gebusi had become accustomed to new social beliefs, to modernization due to "Western methods" which had changed their lives until the end of time, in particular by changing their habits and their vision of gender roles and sexuality. As in the case of many indigenous peoples, in the 1980s, Gebusi women took precedence over men. Men made all the important choices: “In terms of decision-making, it was typical for men to determine in which settlement their respective families would live. » (Knauft 2013: 19) Women were desired in society, but outside jokes and flirtations were strongly discouraged and very taboo. However, the spirits called to the men-only seances were often women, who teased and teased the men, often becoming "sulky and even angry if the men of Gebusi did not joke with them." (Knauft 2013: 76) In short, Gebusi culture “often fuels the same desires that it prohibits.” (Knauft 2013: 71) In an incredible difference, the sexual divisions of the 1998 Gebusi universe seem to remain with both one foot in the accepted and an alternative foot in the more traditional. Bruce Knauft notes late expansion of Nomad Station mall middle of paper......recently changing. Knaurft finally asserts the need to preserve surrounding ideas about sexuality to save them for elective possibilities/realities. At the time Bruce Knauft initially envisioned it, the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea conducted customary movements and soul seances, perfected elective sexual traditions, and endured a high rate of wickedness. By the late 1990s, Gebusi seemed to abandon many of these practices, had converted to Christianity, and wholeheartedly pursued the commercial movement, education, government projects, gaming alliances, and disco music. Regardless, in recent times, financial problems have led to the withdrawal or closure of taxpayer-run organizations, and the Gebusi have rediscovered or reinvented their society on their own terms. Currently, indigenous traditions and Catholicism are both flourishing..