Culture events with 3-1 History & Trends tag

Church History with Joel

Edited May 22, 2024, 1:30 p.m. by Steve

Talking with Joel at the hauswin...

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History and trends interviews

Edited March 19, 2024, 10:36 a.m. by Rhett

I asked people a series of questions about historical evens and their opinions on them. People were pretty chatty about the topic so they are long texts. Also, there were a lot of contradictory opinions so there are a lot of texts. The surveys asked them to compare the past and present for various ...

3-1 History & Trends

History interview follow ups

Edited March 19, 2024, 11:29 a.m. by Rhett

After the History and trends interviews, some people came back to adjust or clarify their answers. I've put them all in one CE because of a similar context, but they are mostly un related to each other. Side note: Max's stories make extensive use of the d...

5-14 Denominations & Sects 3-1 History & Trends 5-8 Divination & Revelation

History of church in Kokoma

Edited Dec. 12, 2023, 9:49 a.m. by Steve

Sivil came to me to ask if he was disturbing us with his church services and told me that he was under pressure from a lot of people to stop meeting and let the missionaries do the church work. I told him that we were here to strengthen the church and they would have to continue on after we are gone...

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How our ancestors thought

Edited Jan. 31, 2024, 9:32 a.m. by Steve

After discussing different beliefs like reincarnation and Islam Habanel shared something about the Kovol ancestors and I grabbed it....

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Kovol story of first man - Tapulang

Edited May 23, 2024, 11:37 a.m. by Steve

Sitting around the fire in Soso's house telling stories. Steve May 2024. There's a list of names here. Perhaps something about a bird teaching people how to have sex and have children, and something about the origin of hunting for meat in Namsug. But it doesn't make much sense to ...

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Lutheran church history in Kokoma

Edited July 6, 2023, 8:25 a.m. by Steve

Sibil wanted to tell me about the Lutheran church history in Kokoma. He told the story in Tok Pisin first and then went to Kovol. This happened straight after Elilim teen dies climbing a buai...

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The Kovol taking this land and other stories

Edited March 12, 2024, 4:06 p.m. by Rhett

One day I was helping Kavaluku in his garden and he told me a series of stories about how his people took the land they were settled in, when that happened and when the kiyaps came....

3-1 History & Trends

hobol story of first man

Edited May 23, 2024, 10:53 a.m. by Steve

Sitting in Soso's house by fire telling stories. Nambi seems to tell a creation myth, something about a spirit entering man and making him alive. The children named are Wa and Ingil, so this man is presumably Sigol, the first person to speak Imengis. Steve played these recordings to Semik in Jan ...

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