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[[Image:Kukukuku man 1931.jpeg|thumb|200px|A Kukukuku man from a 1931 expedition into Papua New Guinea]]
The '''Angu''', also called '''Kukukuku''' (pronounced "cooker-cooker") by neighbouring tribes, are a small and previously violent tribe living mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-western [[Morobe]], a province of [[Papua New Guinea]]. Even though they are a small race, often less than 5 foot, they were once feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys.<ref name="LP-PNG3">{{Cite book |title= Papua New Guinea: a travel survival guide |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |first=Mark |last=Lightbody |coauthors=Wheeler, Tony |isbn=0-908086-59-8 |year=1985 |edition=3 |pages=p. 89-90}}</ref>
Despite the high altitude and cold climate of their homeland, the Angu only wore limited clothing, including grass skirts, with a piece similar to a [[sporran]], and cloaks made from beaten bark, called ''mals''.<ref name="LP-PNG3" />
They are also known to Westerners for practicing a sexual ritual involving preadolescent boys acting as [[courtesan]]s for male tribal elders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm |title=The Naked Face |work=Articles from the New Yorker |publisher=Gladwell.com |date=2002-08-05 }}</ref>
An account of some of the first contact between the Angu and westerners is describe vividly by [[J. K. McCarthy]] in his book ''Patrol into Yesterday: My New Guinea Years''.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/png/kukukuku1937/ A New Venture into the Unknown], booklet produced by the Melanesian Mission on their proposed mission to the Kukukuku people of New Guinea, ca. 1937.
*[http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/papuan/kukukuku.htm "Kukukuku, the Angu people, Papua New Guinea"] by Carolyn Leigh, ''Art-Pacific'', August 19, 2002, retrieved December 28th, 2005
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