• The Trobriand Islands have a unique lunar calendar system. There are twelve or thirteen lunar cycles, but only ten are fixed: the others constitute free time.
  • Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/319179/Trobriand-Islands. ... The following are quick facts associated with "Trobriand Islands".
  • The Trobriand Islands were named for Denis de Trobriand, the first lieutenant in one of D'Entrecasteaux's frigates when this group of populated atolls and...
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  • There is not much else. Given that the yam is central to the culture of the Trobriand Islands, no visit is complete without trying some.
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  • The Kula ring spans at least 18 island communities of the Massim archipelago, including the Trobriand Islands, and involves thousands of individuals.
  • Kaileuna and Kiriwina islands in the Trobriand Group are low islands further out. The ecoregion is warm and moist tropical, typical of most of New Guinea.
  • Malinowski's magnum opus 'Argonauts of the Western Pacific' concerns the traditional exchange network known as the Kula ring, in which the Trobriand Islands...