Culture events with 3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death tag

Ambining killed in a trap

Edited May 21, 2024, 11:35 a.m. by Steve

Talking about traps I learned that Nama's uncle (named ambiniŋ) was killed by a trap when he was a little boy. His father had clearly showed him where the trap was and so everyone is puzzled as to why he fell into the pit trap. Samuel told me Sanguma was watching the trap, and Sanguma caused him to ...

3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death 5-15 Non-human Beings & Sacred Critters

Death in Eririm.Sanguma is blamed

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

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3-17 Celebrations; Rites & Initiations 3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death 5-11 Miracles & Magic 3-9 Birth & Dying

Does suicide happen here?

Edited Nov. 3, 2023, 11 a.m. by Steve

Asking people if people here suicide like white people do...

3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death

Elilim teen dies climbing a buai

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

A teen died 3 days after falling from a buai. The trunk snapped as he was climbing it and he landed with his wind pipe on a koniak stump. We were too early on in CLA to attempt to elicit information. The family in Elilim was reportedly very angry and Kokoma was visibly shaken. Ulumo asked Steve to c...

3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death

Ingis guy kills his nephew

Edited Dec. 12, 2023, 8:29 a.m. by Steve

7 Dec 2023 The community were talking about how an Ingis guy had killed his nephew by cutting him 3 times with a machete. The boy had told him that he couldn't give him a fishing hook or googles for fishing because they were locked in the house and the guy cut him. He then fled. The guy was thought ...

6-1 Offenses & Crimes 3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death

Judas hangs himself

Edited Nov. 6, 2023, 2:28 p.m. by Steve

I told Dramat the Judas story in Tok Pisin and asked him to tell it back...

3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death transcribe

tikitakum and other sanguma things

Edited Nov. 22, 2023, 9:17 a.m. by Rhett

Ulimoo (in secret, don't go spreading that he said this around) wanted to tell me about a word, tikitakum. He said it is the word God spoke when he breathed life into Adam and the life we all have. Most people see this as a sanguma word, a word with magic properties that when used by someone with ...

3-18 Fights; Antagonisms & Battles 3-12 Suicide & Unnatural Death 5-11 Miracles & Magic