Koteka

KOTEKA

Koteka is the dress to cover male genitalia in some indigenous cultures of Papua Island. Koteka leather water gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. Fill out the old and the pumpkin seeds and dried skin. Literally, this word means "clothing", derived from the language of one tribe in Paniai. Some mountain tribes to call holim or horim Jayawijaya.

Not as popular belief, the size and shape koteka nothing to do with the status of the wearer. The size is usually related to user activity, going to work or ritual. Many of the tribes there can be recognized from the way they use koteka. Short Koteka used when working, and the length of the ornaments used in traditional ceremonies.

However, each tribe has a different shape koteka. Yali men, for example, liked the pumpkin a long form. While people usually wear Tiom two pumpkins.

Over time, the less popular koteka everyday wear. Koteka prohibited worn in public transport and schools. If anything, koteka only for sale as souvenirs.

In mountainous areas, such as Wamena, koteka still used. To take pictures with the wearer, tourists have to reach the pockets of a few hundred thousand dollars. In coastal areas, people are more difficult to find them. 

Koteka is the dress to cover male genitalia in some indigenous cultures of Papua Island. Koteka leather water gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. Fill out the old and the pumpkin seeds and dried skin. Literally, this word means "clothing", derived from the language of one tribe in Paniai. Some mountain tribes to call holim or horim Jayawijaya.

Not as popular belief, the size and shape koteka nothing to do with the status of the wearer. The size is usually related to user activity, going to work or ritual. Many of the tribes there can be recognized from the way they use koteka. Short Koteka used when working, and the length of the ornaments used in traditional ceremonies.

However, each tribe has a different shape koteka. Yali men, for example, liked the pumpkin a long form. While people usually wear Tiom two pumpkins.

Over time, the less popular koteka everyday wear. Koteka prohibited worn in public transport and schools. If anything, koteka only for sale as souvenirs.

In mountainous areas, such as Wamena, koteka still used. To take pictures with the wearer, tourists have to reach the pockets of a few hundred thousand dollars. In coastal areas, people are more difficult to find them. 

People in Papua wearing koteka

Koteka word comes from one tribe in Paniai, it means clothing. In Wamena koteka called holim. There are different types koteka sizes, depending on the size of the user's physical condition. However, the magnitude koteka also often just accessories for the wearer. The body is muscular for a man is the dream of a woman berkoteka Central Mountain tribes like the Dani. In order for the appearance of a man is more powerful and authoritative, the entire outer skin including hair oil greased pig to make it look shiny and slick black when the sun-baked. Lard was applied on the face, waist, legs and hands. Usually worn during performances such as burn traditional party rock.

A man when the age 5-13 years old must wear koteka as menswear. Men who cover the penis with pumpkin skin is often called "human koteka", or sometimes called koteka community.

 Koteka, traditionally used and wear by some native people in remote inland of Papua and Papua New Guinea. Many variations of Koteka can be found right now, and sometimes it declares the class or the strata the man use that clothes. The more vary of Koteka, the more higher the class of the man used it. So, if we travel to inland area of Papua, we can find that the head/leader of a clan/tribes used more beautiful koteka.