BUKI ARAPESH DIALECT PATTERN NAMES

These are the main features of the common popular Sepik sacred bilum designs and patterns. The local dialects of Buki Arapesh and Abelam people share this most sacred bilum piece because the two societies share common culture and traditions but have distinct dialect names. The Buki Arapesh dialect gave names in this sacred piece dipicting the most sacred traditions, cultural values and rituals in its sacred displays usage for garden crops harvest and festivals of yams, mammys, taros, tambaran houses ceremonies, man and women leadership status and prestige in traditional social structure system. From top down: first design biyasigue saningue, second wauligue sanigue, third yawingiling gilawe, fourth atipiuge saningue, fifth chikning, sixth gilawe. They dipict the sacredness and risk involved in the bilum piece.