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Asking questions about the nature of animals and a little on plants and their Seasons...
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...
I went down to Womune to help Silas trimming the shade trees in his vanilla garden. He needed to get his bush knife from his house. He had eaten some fish caught with poison rope so he wasn't sleeping in his house with the yams. He was staying in Mogam's house....
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Interview Questions 1. Migitee minda minda tolo niyo igugund (what edible things are in the bush) 1.5. Oom mendaga bili oo yot (is it good food or bad) 2. Migitee tugub oomboo nayim munum pigoond yam (how do trees put seeds) 3. Migitee tugub oomboo nayim utee mena bili pigoond yam oo nayim wes mena ...
On the way to Keli's garden we saw a plant and it reminded him of an old tradition they say they used to do to become a good hunter....
I was working on plants and animals but I realized I needed to back up and do some work on Seasons. Note that the transcriptions for these ones are quick and rough...
I sat down with Samuel at his house and asked him to explain in detail the process of rolling a smoke (drying it on the fire, crushing it, rolling it, smoking it)....
Natalie and I came to our housewin to meet a lady that had just arrived to see us and give her a bowl of food. Ulomo was tying a budle of twigs with seeds together. He showed them to us and said he was going to dry them so that he could plant them later. David and Ulomo explained how they dry the se...
We started talking about the tree next to Ulumo's house and realised there are lots of stories there. Sibi planted it decades ago when he was a teenager, bringing it up from the nambis because it's not native here. The sap of the tree is used as bush medicine and the leaves can be dried and burnt ...
I was talking to Ulumo and Angonde about how they could use vix vapo rub to steam when they have a cold. They then showed me this grass that smells similar that they can use too and gave me this text....
I was going with Amon through the photobook I made of the birth we witnessed in Kos (Kati gave birth to her 3rd son). She then explained to me what leeaves they use for painrelief after the birth....
Recording from the Hansens about pigs...
I saw a stick with needles on it and asked what kind of tree it was from. Then Angonde gave me this little text....