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Lani (tribe)
The Lani are an indigenous people in Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east. Throughout all of western New Guinea, the Lani were the ethnic group with the largest population. The Lanny tribe, which lives in the West Baliem Valley, is also well known for being skilled farmers and has used tools that were first discovered to be familiar with the technology of using stone axes, knives made from animal bones like cassowary bones, pork bones, bamboo, and also spears made from Pear or Libu wood, which are known to be very strong and heavy. This tribe uses chants known as lendawi, which are repeated on various occasions.

Population
The total population of Lani tribes in the 1980s, as reported by Douglas Hayward in his book The Dani of Irian Jaya, Before and After Conversion was around 200,000 people.

Lani Cultural background
Kunume is where most men are will discuss good and bad. It is really a secret place that woman does not allow to enter. This is where man makes plans about any secret event such as war, or planning even for thought young people to be a leader for the Lany tribe. Wone is stored, debated, distributed, and taught in Kunume.

Lendawi is carried performed wherever, whenever, and based on certain circumstances. Seven purposes were identified: (1) for mourning the loss of a loved one, (2) for expressing gratitude to those who helped with an event, (3) for remembering a family member who has passed away or is living abroad, (4) for releasing a newlywed woman to travel with her husband or a family member abroad, (5) when encountering a person who resembles a family member who has passed away or is living abroad, (6) for paying a sick friend or relative a visit, and (7) for welcoming their love one from overseas.

Way of life; Since the beginning of time, they have started to hunt and farm. They cultivate vegetables, sweet potatoes, taros, bananas, sugar canes, and several kinds of beans. Adzes, animal-bone knives, and spears are still used by some of the locals. Some continue to dress in their traditional garb, including Koteka of dried gourd, for a boy and man. Sali made of dried grass, and yonggonoak made of dried tree barks for ladies and girls. They may use white-black hues, feathers from maleo, chicken, and casuary bird, as well as bracelets and rattan belts, to adorn oneself. To greet visitors like officials or foreign tourists, they conduct traditional dances called wisisi and pesek, especially during adat rites. They have a traditional net bag called a noken that serves multiple purposes, including carrying babies and carrying garden vegetables. Honai, their traditional home, is shaped like a mushroom and is comparable to the Dani's honai. Women's onai is referred to as ome, whereas men's onai is known as kunu/ kunume. The Lany practice a variety of rituals, such as those relating to bride price delivery, head price, thank-you rituals for winning a tribe war, rituals to remember ancestors who have passed away, rituals of abundance from new gardens, etc. The practice of cutting one's fingers to express sorrow over the loss of a family member—a husband, a wife, a father, a mother, a child, a brother, or a sister—is becoming less common among the Lany because more and more people use their education to dismantle cultural customs that are detrimental rather than beneficial. Three different sorts of bride price must be given in order for a marriage to be recognized as legal: Pigs are first, followed by net bags and then yebarip (money)