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West Irian Jaya to be known as West Papua
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The government in Indonesia has officially renamed West Irian Jaya province into West Papua province. This action angered self-determination groups who use the name West Papua to describe the entire Indonesian - western - part of the island of New Guinea. Several years ago the government decided to split the huge province of Papua into smaller provinces.
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" ...... I wonder what the indigenous think of this; I thought they themselves like to be called 'orang 2 Irian' ....... at least it seems that in the western part of 'Papua', people seems to prefer 'Irian' ......
'Comparing with Eskimos they thhemselves like to be called 'Inuit' ....
Eskimo seems to mean 'rawflesh eater' and is a 'term of abuse' given by 'indians' ..... 'Inuit' seems to mean 'People' .....
Info portal about 'Irian Y.' ......
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'Ahu kura ahia, mansia nia'
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