Culture events with steve-DA tag

Building a house proceedural

Edited Sept. 1, 2023, 11:07 a.m. by Steve

Elicited a procedural text...

1-4 Structures & Buildings steve-DA

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...

1-10 Farming & Ranching steve-DA

Christmas eve candlelight service

Edited Nov. 6, 2023, 9:15 a.m. by Steve

We were invited to see a candlelight service. The program went: 1. song 2. program 3. song 4. prayer 5. reading (Luke2) 6. catechism (apotle's creed) 7. message (Sibil) 8. song 9. Lord's prayer 10. song 11. Ulumo strongs the talk...

5-10 Rituals & Ceremonies steve-DA

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....

1-10 Farming & Ranching 7-13 Buying; Selling & Consuming steve-DA

Ebesil hunting trip

Edited June 27, 2023, 2:54 p.m. by Steve

Stories describing the hunting trip Steve and Philip took to Ebesil in 2020...

1-9 Hunting & Fishing steve-DA

Gardening procedural texts

Edited July 3, 2023, 2:29 p.m. by Steve

Steve was practising with gardening as a procedural text. Here are texts from Kovol people on that topic....

1-8 Gardening & Gathering steve-DA

Get a new husband hortatory

Edited Nov. 10, 2023, 9:51 a.m. by Steve

Samuel has been having problems with his daughter Weli's husband. I asked him to give a hortatory where he tells her what to do and this is what he came up with on the 4th attempt....

3-3 Marriage & Family steve-DA

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...

5-14 Denominations & Sects 3-1 History & Trends steve-DA

Making a nim halugut

Edited June 27, 2023, 2:54 p.m. by Steve

During Instruments interview Semik gave a full procedural text on making a bamboo drum that I'm going to use for DA...

4-1 Music & Musical Instruments steve-DA

Outsiders stealing vanilla beans

Edited July 3, 2023, 8:32 a.m. by Steve

Sitting in the hauswin talking about some visitors wandering through the area, some of their actions didn't make sense. Then it brought up this story of theft 3 years ago....

6-1 Offenses & Crimes 3-15 Social Problems & Issues 3-16 Heroes & Villains steve-DA Philip-DA

Poison fishing proceedure

Edited Sept. 4, 2023, 8:31 a.m. by Steve

Elicited a proceedural text from Joel...

1-9 Hunting & Fishing steve-DA

Reasons for school

Edited Nov. 21, 2023, 3:28 p.m. by Steve

I asked Ongubo to tell someone why school is important, this is what he told Abanel (Max)...

8-1 Theory & Methods of Education steve-DA

Ulumo straightens a heavy in town

Edited July 7, 2023, 2:29 p.m. by Steve

I got a text about Ulumo's trip to town where he paid the family of Ivan's first wife. Ivan got rid of her for "flirting with the other guys"...

3-3 Marriage & Family 6-3 Standard Procedures & Legal Norms steve-DA

Vanilla proceedure

Edited Aug. 22, 2023, 3:09 p.m. by Steve

I elicited a procedural text from Max in Matat....

1-8 Gardening & Gathering steve-DA