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custom in Tawiane was to leave the dead on the exposed ledges of limestone
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Human bones rest precariously in small hollows of the rock face | Some favourite wooden drums keep the bones company | These departed are certainly not alone in death. They must have been gathered after the bodies were reduced to bones. | PNG
religions are highly syncretic. The rock painting here seems to include
German military crosses. I'm guessing. Pre-WW1 German officers did visit
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| Alas poor Yorick. A fellow of infinite jest.. | Visitors set out for a mountain lake | It is a steep climb. One enthusiast brought oxygen tanks to dive with | We move indian-file through the kunai grass | The lake nestles in splendid isolation |
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..