Culture events with 1-6 Energy; Power & Fire tag

Francis house burns down

Edited Nov. 14, 2022, 9:08 p.m. by Steve

Interviewing Dramat about fire I asked if they had any stories of houses burning down. Francis' house burned down a while before we moved in, Kelly told the story...

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Getting firewood

Edited Nov. 14, 2022, 11:18 a.m. by Steve

Natalie and I asked a group of people whether some could come with us to teach us about collecting firewood. We gathered up bushknives and took of. It was only girls and ladies that came with us. We did a 10 min walk and came to an old garden where we were told everyone gets their firewood. The dry...

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Ground house fire pit

Edited Nov. 17, 2022, 1:33 p.m. by Steve

Follow up to Interviews about fire. Do ground houses have fire pits in the rectangular style or is it just a fire on the floor? Is hus ninnabol and sigalum sog put underneath? I assume not as there's no risk of the ground catching fire......

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Interviews about batteries

Edited April 25, 2023, 9:10 a.m. by Steve

Interviews with these questions: 1. meigte ab ogoo bateli obob igwonn ig? (where do you get them?) 2. megite ombo bateli igu? bateli hutam o wees igu? (what kinds of batteries are there, are they the same?) 3. bateli onn megite mehamonn noloo? (what do batteries do?) 4. bateli megitet tugub mehamon...

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Interviews about electricity

Edited Nov. 14, 2022, 9:08 a.m. by Steve

1. solar mohis hyol ogoo ebemind o mohis hyol solar mu ebemind ig? (who has solar?) 2. solar onn megitee mehamonn noloo? (what does it do?) 3. solar megite tugub mehamonn naga yam? (how does solar work?) 4. solar bateli tenn lomotob igu o wig? (does solar charge every battery?) 5. electricity om meg...

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Interviews about fire

Edited Nov. 10, 2022, 10:54 a.m. by Steve

Interviews Steve has tried with the questions: 1. mut onn megite mehamonn noloo? (what work does fire do?) 2. mogom mut ebinn? mohis o temee? (who gets firewood, men or women?) 3. megitet igub mut obob igwonn ig? (when do you make a fire?) 4. megite ab ogoo mut pigeb igwonn ig? (where do you p...

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Making a fire

Edited Nov. 8, 2022, 1:43 p.m. by Steve

Natalie and I wanted to roast some food on the fire. Samuel and Ulomo came to help us build the fire. I tried lighting it with the moss on some twigs. Ulomo said that only in dry season that will work, now in wet season they use plastic to light a fire. They first put little pieces of wood down and ...

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Story about the 1st fire

Edited Nov. 9, 2022, 3:27 p.m. by Steve

After Semik interview he was able to give a story about the first man and fire...

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Uses for battery acid

Edited Nov. 15, 2022, 2:07 p.m. by Steve

Follow up to Interviews about batteries, asking more about uses for the acid. Looking for more sources on poisoning dogs....

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Uses of ashes

Edited Nov. 18, 2022, 9:34 a.m. by Steve

Questions to follow up Interviews about fire. on what you use ashes for, and seeing if garden ashes and house ashes are different...

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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....

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