"Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a
head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to
congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable
accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily
this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but
in the "naven" ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are
represented. The "naven" serves in this book as a motive around
which the author has constructed one of the most influential works
of field anthropology ever written.
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