ROHP2-92507 - Traditional stories including girls at Piropiro and giant stories

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Custom Law Project tape 3. Side A 1. Timothy Nake. Account of people suffering from famine who made a sacrifice to a spirit in a cave so that their gardens would become fertile again. 2. Darling Ekera, Pienuna. Story of Dao, a bird who turned into a girl. 3. John Pavukera, Pienuna. Eight giants who were scared by a friendly dog. 4. Doris, Mondo. Five girls at Piropiro and the old woman who wanted them to fill her bamboo container with salt water. 5. Gigiri, Buri. Describes ritual called "votu tamasa" undertaken in times of famine 6. Gigiri, Buri. Rituals involved in harvesting two types of Canarium nuts, neni and ngari. 7. Gigiri, Buri. Story of Maluku clan. 8. Gigiri, Buri. Story of darkness. 9. Qari, Buri. Story of Qesobule, a man who could put people in touch with the dead. 10. Keti. A man named Pungeo (also called Karidole) who had powerful magic. 11. Viva. Story of a woman who gave birth to a baby that flew away. 12. [Emukera?]. Story of Venobuni, who had powerful magic. Side B: 1. [Pamuduri] continuation of story of girls at Piropiro. 17 April 1987 [first part of story is on ROHP2-92504-B] 2. Unnamed male speaker telling story of girls at Piropiro. 3. Unnamed female speaker telling of a woman who gave birth to a child who flew up to the top of a fig tree. 4. Miranda Piukera, Pienuna. Girls at Piropiro. 5. Miranda Piukera, Pienuna. Three boys who tricked a giant. 6. Ekera, Pienuna. Story of the crow. 7. Matiu Matepitu. Story of the snake and the coconut crab. 8. Aduru Aqar, Obobulu. Story of the snake and the tupe. 9. Aduru Aqar, Obobulu. Biblical story of Moses. 10. Aduru Aqar, Obobulu. Boy kidnapped by a giant. 11. Silion Vaibei. A banished man who encountered a giant. 11. Silion Vaibei. Story of Kezoko, a spirit of fishing that lives on the shore Elan files contain time aligned content notes in English by Debra McDougall. | workingLanguages: eng | location: Pienuna, Mondo . Language as given: