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I would like to propose a merger between noken and bilum because they refer to the same object, namely traditional string bags from the island of Papua woven by indigenous women. The difference in terminology is only linguistic in nature (noken is basically the term used in Indonesian West Papua, whereas bilum is the term used in Melanesian Pidgin). Scholarly literatures also do not make a distinction between them, see for example Birgit Braeuchler, Modes of belonging in West Papua: local symbolism, national politics and international cultural concepts, page 36:
In Melanesian Pidgin, they are called bilum, in Indonesian West Papua noken, but there are also local terms for the bags.
Therefore, I believe these two pages need to be merged.
Tag: @ Juxlos Masjawad99 HaEr48 Davidelit JarrahTree Gunkarta Mimihitam ( talk) 15:29, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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I would like to propose a merger between noken and bilum because they refer to the same object, namely traditional string bags from the island of Papua woven by indigenous women. The difference in terminology is only linguistic in nature (noken is basically the term used in Indonesian West Papua, whereas bilum is the term used in Melanesian Pidgin). Scholarly literatures also do not make a distinction between them, see for example Birgit Braeuchler, Modes of belonging in West Papua: local symbolism, national politics and international cultural concepts, page 36:
In Melanesian Pidgin, they are called bilum, in Indonesian West Papua noken, but there are also local terms for the bags.
Therefore, I believe these two pages need to be merged.
Tag: @ Juxlos Masjawad99 HaEr48 Davidelit JarrahTree Gunkarta Mimihitam ( talk) 15:29, 18 February 2020 (UTC)