Jayapura-kota, with the main mosque in the background.

On Sunday following the issuance of the church in MOANEMANI (Aerial views of this station in the first series present) It is clear that here the majority of churchgoers are Papuans, and the majority have been properly dressed, the clothes in some cases even look good. Often wearing the clothes on until they are completely dirty and rotten. You can not simply order to dress apropertly such as Indonesia have already done so, under the slogan: "We are a civilized people, and are not naked at."

Church in Epouto, at the lake Tage

Parish Church in Enarotali

Parish Church in Enarotali

Commentaar maker foto: de laatste der Mohikanen: Pater "Flip" Tetteroo. in 1937 is hij tesamen met nog vier medebroeders naar Nieuw Guinea vertrokken. Hier staat hij op de veranda van zijn pastorie in het gehucht (is eigenlijk al te veel gezegd, die paar hutten) Diay aan de andere kant van het Tigi-meer. Per boot vanuit Waghete heb ik hem indertijd bezocht. Ook deze pionier leeft anno 2010 niet meer. Hij heeft enkele jaren geleden een boek gepubliceerd, waarin zijn belevenissen beschreven staan.

Roman Catholic Church in WAGHETE, the tigi lake. A beautiful building with two towers, of course, entirely built of wood, roofed with corrugated iron.

A mosque outside Warnena. When completely unnecessary, but the Indonesian government has previously made a dirty politics: unnecessary build mosques and the local population to Islam, nothing holding it. This "religion" they were scornful of the "religion of the severed penis" named. At the time I heard that Papuans than employed for Indonesia, some were forced to be Muslim. Those that did were scorned by their own tribesmen. At that time in 1963 - when that wretched Western imperialists (we, the belanda's) were thrown out, Muslim forces were deliberately sent to this country, which could then fight a "holy" war! The "heroes" of the day - who could not would withstand the arrows of the Papuans are buried at the heroes' Church courts and Enarotali Abepura. In Enarotali at the time they attacked and plundered the convent. Therefore you have to be a hero.

Roman Catholic church in Abepura (mid-Jayapura Abepura)

Same church, Sunday following the issuance of the Holy service. It is clear that most churchgoers come from other places. Afterwards there was a second service held for the indigenous people - in their own language too - and there were many people go in their secular "natuurpak" - so naked, vezelschortje for women and penis sheath for men.