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Participant: Andrew Moutu

Village: Wautogik · Sex: M · Age: c 40

Description: born in Rabaul, studied at UPNG, worked at the PNG National Museum, PhD in Anthropology from Cambridge. Speaks Arapesh well, but not fully fluent.

Associated Recorded Events

  1. Arəpec harə ɲɨberap namɨndək (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : c.1998-09-24, Wautogik. [5:05] ~ Dictated description of how slitgongs are built
  2. Ehiwac (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : nd, follows 1998-09-18 in notebook, Wautogik. [4:45] ~ How to appease marsalai spirits who make people sick
  3. Nubahw (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : , Wautogik. [6:06] ~ Describes the house tamberan of past
  4. Poison and Kawowar (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : 1999-03-07, 2007-02, Wautogik and Charlottesville. [5:39] ~ How to make traditional magic
  5. Arəmagou cekayeyau (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : c. 1999-03-07, Wautogik and Charlottesville. [4:30] ~ Dictated description of traditional first menstruation ceremony; transcript later read and recorded.
  6. Ecec Bedowokum (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : 1998-08-30, Wautogik and Charlottesville. [5:09] ~ Story of how Wautogik got the Gumarəm dance
  7. Sasim (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : 1998-09-09, Wautogik. [4:00] ~ traditional story
  8. Arəpec cagək (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : 1998-11-08, Wautogik and Charlottesville. [7:56] ~ When people die
  9. Gorokapɨmin (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : After 1998-09-24, Wautogik. [4:35] ~ Tale of a man and his dog
  10. Nugur (Mountain Arapesh: Wautogik variety) : 1999-03-07, 2007-02, Wautogik and Charlottesville. [2:54] ~ How the jaw bone of a deceased man is used in magic