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CHAPTER IV
KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN THE NORTH-WEST
Lambumbu and Lagalag are the only districts in the
north-west of Malekula, south of the territory of the Big
Nambas, about which there is any detailed information.
Before his death Deacon had gathered together and summarized
many oi his notes on Seniang and Mewun, but for these more
northerly districts no such guide was left to the interpretation of
the notes, and it is difï¬Åcult to ascertain to which of the districts
Lambumbu or Lagalag certain of them should be assigned. It
seems clear that the people oi both were in constant contact with
each other, and that marriages between them were not unusual.
It is probable, therefore, that the social structure oi the two regions
was very similar, and that much that is written of the one may
also apply to the other. _
LAMBUMBU
‘A "As in Seniang, this district is divided up into a number of
patrilineal local clans, each occupying one or more villages. In
addition to this the villages fall into ï¬Åve mutually hostile groups,
those of the same group being friendly and closely united. They
follows :— ». . _
Group 1'. i Lowang, Lenesakh, Riimwelernwal, Lenelukh, Vanem-
, hilil (or Tenemet), Vanambugh, Liilï¬Åt.
Group 2. Wunali (or Tarnbinbon), Hunduelew, Vanarcvp,
Lembelang.
Group 3. Vitogho, Vanghusu, Nomwelew.
Group 4. Levuvwa, Vevenah (or Ran Nembang), Hamal Mial.
Group 5. Tambevinu ; Lembetewut ; Vuliembet,
Each individual village, and to some extent each village
group, has its own characteristic gong-rhythm, similar to the
clan gong-rhythms of the south-west. Fighting might occur
between villages of a single group, but this would be regarded as
merely a domestic quarrel (nivaal lium = “ village war "), and
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