The Contradiction of Customary War in the Perspective of the Amungme Tribe in the Papua Region

The war between tribes in Mimika Regency has a deeper meaning and has historical values that cannot be separated from their lives, so that the war has been continuously maintained and guarded from generation to generation to this day. The purpose of this research is to understand the process of inter-tribal war and conflict resolution in Mimika Regency. While the research procedures in this study are research methods, research focus, research subjects, data sources, time and place of research, data collection techniques, data analysis techniques, and data validity checking techniques. War is the most important part of their life, regarding war, parents usually invite young children to participate in war, so that young people can understand the meaning of war between tribes contained in it. These meanings include (1) being a dominant and strong tribe among other tribes; (2) exercise courage in war to be brave; (3) training leadership; (4) war strategy exercises; (5) became popular among his tribes; (6) faster physical growth, especially teenagers; and so forth