Culture events with 1-10 Farming & Ranching tag

Animals cared for - Interviews

Edited April 28, 2023, 2:40 p.m. by Philip

Questions 1. megite sinnol yog toolomb iguguma? (What kind of animals do you care for?) 2. megite sinnol yog tooloomoo nom bili? o megite sinnol nom bili agabisig? (What animals that you look out for are good, or very good?)...

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Beekeeping

Edited July 9, 2024, 8:38 a.m. by Steve

Getting people to explain a Beekeeping video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdkGSFf8keo...

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Bringing chicks to the garden

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Steve

On our way to Kavaluku's garden we saw that they had 3 chicks in a bilum and were carrying a hen. They let the hen loose and it followed us as we walked down the trail - it was following it's chicks. Arriving at the garden the chicks were realeased to roam freely with their mum. This was to prevent ...

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Castrating a pig

Edited June 27, 2023, 2:55 p.m. by Steve

Yagil made an ulag that the pig went into head first. His older kids held the back legs while Yagil made an incision with a new razor, followed by scrambling the pig's ball with a sharpened stick. After the flesh was suitably mangled amongut sog jomu was applied to ward off infection. The process wa...

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Chasing pigs out of your garden

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Steve

On our way through the garden we saw broken sugar canes. The guys concluded a pig had been there, walking on we saw two pigs. Kavaluku identified them as his pigs and grabbed a stick and started whacking them and chasing them down the hill and out of the garden. This garden doesn't have a fence (and...

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Describing a shepherd sitting in a gate

Edited July 2, 2024, 1:26 p.m. by Steve

As a speaking exercise Steve described a shepherd gating a stone wall paddock. After giving the story he got a Kovol version....

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Dramat cares for orphaned kittens

Edited Aug. 26, 2022, 11:14 a.m. by Steve

Dramat's cat got caught in a trap and died shortly after it had given birth. He tried to feed the kittens, but they all died. He expresses happiness at receiving a cat from the Hansens and sadness that it dies....

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Dramat shoots his wild pig

Edited June 27, 2023, 3:10 p.m. by Steve

Dramat's pig ran away from him and became aggressive. He shot it and sold the meat....

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Fat sow from town

Edited Nov. 17, 2022, 4:55 p.m. by Rhett

there's that Fat sow from town that Keli, Silas, and Moolulu bought for K200. It recently had piglets (Stitzel likely the father) and so I took the opportunity to talk to Keli and them about it...

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Getting baby pigs out of the bush

Edited May 12, 2022, 10:03 a.m. by Rhett

On walk back from Magilong we came across Bolol's daughter (Lili) and son-in-law (Wajimbu) sitting around the fire. It was strange as there wasn't a house nearby and they had built a sandil. They explained what they were doing but I didn't understand. A day or two later I saw him again and asked him...

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Kavaluku jumps on a pig

Edited Dec. 8, 2022, 3:02 p.m. by Steve

Kavaluku tells the story of jumping on a wild pig...

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Killing schnitzel

Edited Jan. 16, 2023, 8:42 a.m. by Steve

We killed our team pig because his penis broke. Samuel tells the story...

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Problems raising Pigs

Edited May 18, 2023, 2:10 p.m. by Philip

Questions hogot egee tooloomb iguguma. nom megite pinot eb iguguma? (What hevis do you have when raising pigs?)...

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Problems raising other animals

Edited May 23, 2023, 11:59 a.m. by Philip

Questions 1. hulil ege tooloomb iguguma. nom megite pinot eb iguguma ig? (raising pigs, what kind of hevis do you see?) 2. nobug ... ? (chickens) 3. pusi ... ? (cats) 4. sinnol tooloo ... ? (wild animals) 5. ulub ... ? (cassowaries)...

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Purposes for pigs

Edited May 17, 2023, 3:13 p.m. by Philip

Questions 1. Megite tugub oomoonn teenn noloomboo omboo yoog hogot tooloomb iguguma ig? (What are all your customs for why you raise pigs?) or: Megite oomoonn ogoo.. / Megite mehamoonn ene ogoo.. hogot tooloomb iguguma ig? 2. oomoonn ute wes igu ig? (Is there another custom?)...

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Thoughts about domesticated animals - Interviews

Edited May 9, 2023, 5 p.m. by Philip

Questions 1. megite musu ooboob omboo hulil tooloomb iguguma? (What thoughts do you have as you care for your dogs?) 2. ... noobug ... ? (chickens) 3. ... ulub ... ? (cassowaries) 4. ... pusi ... ? (cats) 5. ... hogot ... ? (pigs) 6. ... sinnol tooloo ... ? (wild animals)...

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Ulumo's dog is poisoned

Edited Dec. 14, 2023, 12:19 p.m. by Steve

Consultants asked for a story comparison of a shared experience. I did Ulumo's dog being poisoned while we were milling....

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We don't eat sick pigs

Edited May 11, 2022, 11:03 a.m. by Steve

Yagil's young pig died of sickness in the night. His teenager dug a hole to bury it in. The kids wouldn't touch the dead pig, and used leaves to handle it without actually touching it themselves. Yagil gave me a text explaining that they don't eat pigs that die of sickness....

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