Thor's Papua New Guinea 8
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from outer space call on the hamlet of Tawiane. The old fellow in a red
check shirt and brown lap-lap is 'Java', the lapun (village elder) |
Tawiane's 'hotel'. The roof leaked like a sieve when it rained. Pigs snuffled underneath | The old and the new. The modern shed in the background is ugly, but weatherproof | Early morning. Smoke rises straight through the thatched roof. | Unmarried
girls and menstruating women live separately. Even married men usually
stay together in a longhouse, but visit their women by arrangement |
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| Village women offer bilums (woven shoulder bags) for sale under the watchful eye of their men | A visitor teachesthe kids how to play noughts & crosses (tic-tac-toe) | Munkis (kids) gather around to learn about the strange foreigners | Treking down to the river through sub-tropical jungle | Coffee beans support almost the entire highlands cash economy |
Related links on this site: 1. Background information on Papua New Guinea
2, Map of Papua New Guinea ( CIA map courtesy of the University of Texas resource site)
3. Expedition to Snake River, PNG,1987
4. Friends - Irimo Street PNG 1985 (a prose poem)
5. Super-Culture and The Ghost in the Machine (..reflections on human innovation and insight)
6. This Is Your Problem Friend, Not Mine -- towards a cure for formal language errors in Papua New Guinea and elsewhere..