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                           Dani tribe is one of the many tribes in the land of Papua inhabit the Baliem Valley, Central Mountain, and the entire District Jayawijaya and some districts Puncak Jaya. Since hundreds of years ago, the Dani tribe has been known as a skilled farmer and has used tools such as stone axes, knives made from animal bones, bamboo and spears made using well-known excavated logs very strong and heavy.

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                        According to the mythology, the Dani tribe comes from the descent of a husband and wife who inhabits a lake around the village of Maina in the South Baliem Valley. They have children named Woita and Waro. Danis are prohibited from marrying relatives of the Moety tribe so that their marriage is principally the exogamy of Moety (the marriage of Moety / with those outside Moety).

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                             This tribe was first known in the Baliem Valley estimated about hundreds of years ago. And the first person to interact with this tribe is a team of investigators from the United States led by Richard in 1935. Dani's tribal clothes for men using '' koteka '' (ie male genital cover). Koteka is made of kunden (yellow squash). While the customary clothing of women using wah clothes derived from grass / fiber.