Alphabetical list of all CEs

Who is also shamed by another's actions?

Edited June 14, 2023, 3:54 p.m. by Philip

Undum oomoonn yot neleb i, inann egee hann. Mogom ogoo inann egee hann? (If a child does wrong, he will be shamed. Who also is shamed?) Ina? Inda? Tatugum? Tomond?...

2-2 Family & Clan 3-2 Identity & Pride

Who is Egembee?

Edited May 29, 2024, 12:26 p.m. by Steve

Sibil mentions Egembee in Gods of the ancestors. I asked who that is....

5-2 Cosmology & Mythology

Who is Sigol?

Edited Jan. 31, 2024, 2:26 p.m. by Steve

Asking people who Sigol and Peme are. Sigol seems to be the first person to speak Imengis and is set in the mythological (but not that long ago!) past....

5-2 Cosmology & Mythology

Who is Unemi?

Edited May 27, 2024, 8:56 a.m. by Steve

Unemi, Mooboogul and Wegil have been mentioned as creating man in the tumbuna stories. Genesis - beginning story from Nambi. I asked who they were as they were active before people are made. I'm told they are hubi...

5-2 Cosmology & Mythology

Who supports in a hevi?

Edited June 14, 2023, 3:53 p.m. by Philip

Mohis meey hutam pinot nala, mohis mogom egee hologul tugann? (When a young man creates a hevi, who will support him?) Teme palug? Inda? Ina? Tatugum? Tomond?...

2-2 Family & Clan

Who will attend the teaching?

Edited Dec. 12, 2023, 9:07 a.m. by Steve

Asked Sibil "given that there are different denominations here, who will attend the teaching we give?"...

5-13 Tolerance & Intolerance

Why do another wanbel for Nambi?

Edited May 8, 2024, 9:15 a.m. by Steve

Kokoma did a wanbel for Nambi in May 2024. He died in Dec 2023, and there was a meeting in Jan 2024 where some hevis were cleared up and everything was declared wanbel. Thus I was asking why there's another one months later....

5-10 Rituals & Ceremonies

Why do men carry firewood on their shoulder and women on their head?

Edited Nov. 22, 2022, 9:39 a.m. by Steve

Following up Interviews about fire, asking quesitons aiming to get at the reasons why men carry fire wood on their shoulder and women on their heads....

1-6 Energy; Power & Fire 3-20 Instilling of Norms and Customs

Why is the meat not with the meal?

Edited May 8, 2024, 11:20 a.m. by Steve

During Kokokma's Wanbel for accusations of sorcery they killed 3 pigs. The pigs were not put in the pot and eaten though, instead they were cut up an pieces were presented to individuals, clans and leaders along with an apology and a handshake. I asked...

5-10 Rituals & Ceremonies

Woman killed by landslide

Edited July 5, 2023, 10:49 a.m. by Philip

A story of a woman being killed by a landslide...

3-9 Birth & Dying 1-15 Sky; Land & Water Philip-DA

Would paying for services work?

Edited Jan. 5, 2024, 12:11 p.m. by Steve

Asking people what they think of the idea of the government saying "pay us money and we'll provide services"....

9-7 Taxation & Public Benefits

Yam garden interview

Edited April 30, 2024, 4:35 p.m. by Gerdine

I visited Ulumo and Ningaram in Matane and asked them these questions. It is the time for digging up their mena garden there. 1. Mena mogut nom, mena megite ubub igonn ig? Mena, yam nom, singu ubub igonn o mena wes ubub igonn ig? Nonn ame. You plant yam in your garden. Do you plant other foods in t...

1-8 Gardening & Gathering

Yatali gets sick

Edited Aug. 11, 2022, 4:38 p.m. by Steve

Yatali's family told us he was really sick and we needed to see him, bringing some meat for the pig they killed for him. We told them we'd hike to Wasim Baganag tasol. They carried him on a stretched and came and fetched me. I gave cotrimoxizole for pneumonia...

3-8 Health & Sickness 5-10 Rituals & Ceremonies

You are Jesus

Edited April 29, 2024, 8:22 a.m. by Steve

Ilal wanted to tell Steve that Steve was Jesus and Ilal was Peter. He would follow what we said, that was all he had to say....

5-12 Theological Systems & Disputes

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