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24: 38: 68: 242: 235: 1411: 154: 1390: 1377: 75: 45: 405:— and a number of smaller, uninhabited islands. Boang (ca. 27 km) consists entirely of a raised, relatively flat-topped plateau of Pleistocene, coralline limestone, which rises up to 170 m above sea level (asl.) and has sheer cliffs around a large part of its perimeter. The islands are the remnants of a 438:
Secret Societies practiced on the Islands are Sokapana, Tubuan and Ingiet. Mask dances include Lor, Tedak and Kipong are performed during cultural occasions.
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Post-Lapita Evolutions or Revolutions?Interaction and Exchange in Island Melanesia:The View from the Tanga Islands
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Anatomy of Context: Issues in Understanding of Tangan Views of Illness
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Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange and Custom in the Tanga Islands
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The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol. 65
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Tanga Islands is located in New Britain
Tanga Islands is located in Papua New Guinea
Oceania
Bismarck Archipelago
Boang Island
Malendok Island
Lif Island
Tefa Island
Papua New Guinea
Province
New Ireland Province
District
Namatanai District
LLG
Tanir Rural LLG
Tanga people
Tanga Islands is located in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Prominence
Coordinates
3°30′S 153°13′E / 3.500°S 153.217°E / -3.500; 153.217
Papua New Guinea
Mountain type
Stratovolcano
caldera
Last eruption
Pleistocene
island
Papua New Guinea

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