Abun people
The Abun, previously also known as Wen, Karon Pantai, or Coastal Karon, are an ethnic group of New Guinea, residing in the Sausapor district of the Tambrauw Regency in the province of Southwest Papua. They speak the Abun language. They live in the Sausapor, Jokte, Emaos and Uigwem villages of Sausapor and are of the clans Yekwam, Yenjau, Yeblo, Yesnath, Yenbra, Yenggrem, Yesomkor, Yerin, Yeror, Yewen, Yemam and Yesian.
Name
The Abun were originally the Wen from the Tambrauw Mountains. After having socialized with the Biak people near the coastline, they were then called the Karon, while the ones who continued to stay in the mountains were called Karondori. However, this eventually had negative connotations and they adopted the name Abun, which originally was used for the name of their language.Culture
Farming
The Abun are primarily banana farmers. 21 categorizations of bananas are named and are divided by whether it is eaten fresh or cooked first. The harvesting of the bananas are done by both men and women; typically but not necessarily being the men chopping the trees and the women transporting the fruit. On most days, they head to the farms which are around 1–2 km away between 8–9 am and return home by 5pm.| Eaten fresh | Eaten cooked |
| Kuit | Mbusye |
| Raja | Nggaris |
| Bofuf | Rah |
| Ney | Mber |
| Sasup | Ndau |
| Vot | Siwon |
| Pih | Mbrim |
| Yu | San buer |
| Kui | |
| Jeawi | |
| Makum | |
| Yekman |