The pig fence
Pigs are a big part of life in Kovol and Papua New Guinea in general. Pigs are a valuable source of meat, and the meat is an essential part of any important social event. If you apologize publicly to someone for wronging them, but don't kill a pig to give meat, was it even a real apology? If you don't kill a pig to celebrate a successful marriage in the pennam ceremony, your words and actions don't match. You're saying you have a good marriage with the celebration, but if you don't kill a pig, then your actions are saying the marriage isn't worth celebrating.
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