Jayapura, Papua, Feb. 16 -- Twenty-four-year-old Vebriani Hembring from the Grime Nawa Valley of Papua is determined to preserve the culture of the Namblong tribe of Nimboran Sub-district, Jayapura District.

As a young member of the customary community, she understands that preserving the Namblong tongue means saving her tribe from extinction.

"Maybe, in 2030, there will be no more Namblong tribe language because currently, the number of speakers is only 20 percent of our tribe's population, and they are older adults," she said during a discussion at the Injo Yamo Community Learning Center on February 9, 2025.

"Injo yamo" in Namblong translates to "cultural school" in Indonesian. Initiated by the Namblong Tribe's Indigenous Women's Mov...