Clan tree for one of the torokum clans and its story

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1-14 Plants & Animals 2-2 Family & Clan 1-8 Gardening & Gathering 3-10 Burial & Funeral Practices 5-3 Sacred Objects & Places

Participants

Date Team participants National participants
May 20, 2022 Rhett and Philip Many Torokum people

Description

We had visited Egigol Ume and next to Abanel's house there was a tree which had attracted a lot of butterflies. Stacie asked for a cutting and it turns out there was deeper significance to the tree. Kavaluku wanted to tell the stories and customs related to the tree

Variation

We later visited the grove with Kavaluku and a host of Torokum people. Text 4 is from that trip.

Interpretation

I had first thought the whole body was put in the tree, turns out the body was buried, exhumed, and just the femurs were put in the tree.

The grove used to be tambu but now there is a path through it. They still don't disturb the trees but they do hunt there

Texts

last edited Nov. 14, 2022, 11:13 a.m. by Rhett

    Speaker: Kavaluku

Orthographic text

enn inda isig anuu isig. kaganang koot yab oom pigabi niyem nuum piguut piguut uum niyuum nuum uuguu igwotuum inda isig anuu detee amuungund yam niyem mu (wig?) iguundyam, mokis iguundyam mokis tebi niyem kuuluub kasuut egeend yam. kuusuutuu niyem nuum. mokis nuumguutuub agambi mokis es tuguluut. tugub niyem onnol unim oyam gulum egeend yam. ebi magang ubugund yam uu kooyig magang ubutu onn ubugee egeend yam kabu ig ubutu onn ubugee egeend yam magang sog iliba niyem oom sog ilibige yam uug kabu, kelingee, kipundub magut uguu kipundu ba kelingee tugatu onn kelingee tuguga yam egeend yam ebi, kelinge tugulasi mandaga oboob tuwol sinduu piyasi kabu nuum magang tuwol sinde igiga kelingee igu egeend yam, ig magang geeng pigtu ooyam gulum geeng pigee egeendam ig ubutub onn ubgee egeendam. sog ilibi sog (should have said kebu) ilibigot ami, sog kalagul ooga, peleg igu kebu ilibiguu. kebu ilibiguu yan sog pigee engend yam. sog pibebi kalagul ooga li ooyam gulum sog kalagul ooga egeendam yaba niyo kogot uunguu sog kalagul oogwa egeendam yaba sog ilibali niyem uum sog ilibigee egeend yam eb ndet amuunguund yam, kuunn kabu ndet kis egeend yam, kabu ig ubutug onn ubuge egeend yam ig kipunduba tagul uuguu pigwa geenn pigitu onn geenn pigegend yam niyem... inda nuu niyeem tuubuu ndet amuunguund yam... niyem uumguu tuub kuusebi mokis kuuluu kuusuut igund yam, niyam mu igand yam, mokis egeend yam eb kovol endet amuunguund yam amuunguu kobol oom deteng niyem nuunguu kovol nuum niyem unim agamoongoom, ooyam gulum kobol uum agamoongoom

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    Speaker: Kavaluku

Orthographic text

niyem nuum onn tuub pugub agambi, mokis es tuguluut mokis es uuguu tuguluut mokis onn undum kayem ooyom gulum et egwali tumbig nuum guu ilibi, i kovol mokis om es (yuu?) tuguluut es tuguluut i kovol uumm niyem unim agamingoom

last edited Nov. 14, 2022, 11:13 a.m. by Rhett

Orthographic text

kuunamag uum luubuunim eb kabu kelingee uubuub tuguul uuguu piguut magang uubuub tuguul uuguu piguut uubuub uuluubi yab ooyam gulum nuum guu gamuut agambi uubuub uuluubi ooyam gulum sel uuguu saguumuut sagama ig igita li segu tugubi magut kiguut onn mut eego uubuuguuluub tebi niyam kuunuu guu pugugambi magut kiguut gi gwa oogootelee, magut kiguut wi tugub oogootuuluu kabu ubut, magang ubut ububi na na niyem gagamuut. niyem gagambi mokis es tuguluut kovol ami uuguu amoongoom

Follow up questions after visiting the grove
last edited Nov. 14, 2022, 11:13 a.m. by Rhett

    Speaker: kavaluku