After an impressive bow and arrow shooting demonstration, we visited the women's side of the village to see the huts of pigs. Many times pigs share the women s hut. Men and women do not sleep together, they have sex in the garden for the purpose of reproduction. The role of a women is to tend gardens, raise children, and carry burden in their bilums. Men do the hunting and cooking.
Men believe that women are capable of casting spells and they sometimes carry evil spirits.
They are especially afraid of seeing women during menstrual cycles, so during this period, women stay in a separate hut. One afternoon, we had the opportunity to go bird watching. Papua New Guinea is known for its spectacular birds of paradise. We saw the King of Saxony, Crested bird of paradise, several Princess Stephanie astrapia, a ribbon-tail astrapia with its long white tailfeathers, a sicklebill, and a king parrot. The 24-inch tail feather of the King of Saxony is often worn in the Huli headdress.