NTM PNG just put out a new video. Right now our team is wrestling with how to spell and construct Kovol verbs, we’re deep in the weeds discussing grammar points. This video was an encouraging little reminder of where we’re going with all this.
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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Lois S. · 19/09/2021 at 1:03 pm
Thanks for sharing the video. I read an excellent book by Jack Crabtree (Tipping Our Kings) . It is great to see what he is doing now, and what you all will be doing soon. And what Philip’s parents have already done. Blessings as you keep pressing on.