The Mae EngaOver the centuries, the Enga people of Papua New Guinea have adapted certain cultural characteristics to cope with various environmental and social changes. Some aspects of the lives of the Enga people that have shown the greatest cultural adaptation to the surrounding ecosystem are their horticultural practices, their tribal warfare system, and their clan organization. Through these adaptations, the Enga have acquired ways of regulating their population, reducing their risks, their control, their community resources, and regulating the environment through rituals. In our article, we will examine each of these aspects of Enga culture and how they enable the Enga people to live within the environmental constraints they face. The western highlands of Papua New Guinea are home to a group of people called the Enga. . Enga-speaking people represent a population of more than 100,000 people. The Enga people are sub-grouped into two major groups, the Central Enga and the Fringe Enga (Meggitt, 1977). The group we will focus on for the majority of our article is the Mae Enga. The Mae Enga inhabit the Western Highlands region of Enga Province (Meggitt, 1977). The Enga people have adapted various aspects of their culture to cope with changes in the natural environment and social climate. The western highlands of Papua New Guinea are mainly composed of steep mountains, high plateaus and valleys. Most of the province lies at 2,000 meters above sea level (PNG ONLINE). These higher lands are less populated than the valleys, making the valley lands densely populated with virtually no areas of unclaimed land. Grasslands cover the majority of these valley regions as well as the marsh basins located throughout Enga in the middle of the article......Work CitedFeil, DK "Beyond the patriliny in the New Highlands Guinea." Man. March 1984: 50-76. Meggitt, Mervyn. Blood is their argument. Los Angeles: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1997. Kennedy, DM 1991. “Papua New Guinea.” Annual mining review. 22:78-82. Kohan, John. 1984. “Mi Lanikim John Pol: tom-toms and couch shells welcome a missionary. » Times., May 12, 1984, 69. Papua New Guinea news site. “Information about Providence Enga.” February 1997. March 31, 1999. Available 59 (1986): 171-76