Friday, November 18, 2011

Strong nerves and sure feet get you across the road in Port Moresby

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by Geoffrey Heard In a town where most people are on foot, there is remarkably little consideration given to pedestrians in Port Moresby. Ev...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Bride price -- it’s a clan affair not a store purchase, dammit!

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By Geoffrey Heard The traditional marriage settlement in Papua New Guinea is usually called “bride price” in English and is crudely characte...
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Karai Komana marriage settlement -- color, noise, extravagance, fun and family links

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By Geoffrey Heard “We are people who like to have fun!” Laeko Bala, Lavui’s mother, rasped on Sunday morning, as we settled side by side int...
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Return to Karai Komana

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By Geoffrey Heard “My brother’s Dava -- that’s our name for marriage settlement -- is happening in the village on October 29. Like to come?”...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Inventing the wheel

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by Geoffrey Heard It’s pretty amazing how round a coconut palm trunk looks and how not round a disc cut from it turns out to be. But a cou...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

It’s pretty quiet here, but something interesting is always happening

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by Geoffrey Heard The latest local production in the baby stakes is getting ready to walk. I was somewhat surprised to hear her parents say ...
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Kavieng to Rabaul with Solwara Meri

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By Geoffrey Heard
 New Ireland is described in Tok Pisin as a "masket" -- rifle -- it is a long, skinny island only a few kilomet...
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