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Keywords:
Ethnography/Civilization, Reports

Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR

Length: 1x12

Format: One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: International

Nationality: France

Year: 1994

Rights: tv worldwide

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:THE BIG FAMILY(

Director(s): Patrick BOITET – Writer(s): Patrick BOITET Contact Print page

The big family is the name given in Papua-New-Guinea to the family of "Papa Yanak". Aged 73, he has managed to have 12 wives and 130 children. To feed all of them is a daily challenge and Papa Yanak is a respected and wellknown village chief on the side of the Sepik river.