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326925 |
Kamuac pulpul and taro gardens. Though the fences are of pitpit, they are strong enough to resist pigs. This was the style of fences in the past, when only stone adzes were used, since pitpit can be broken by hand. This pitpit does not necessarily come from close hy, but, like fencing lumber, may be carried by the women from quite a distant source. This is a new garden, probably planted a month previous - as seen by the state of the pulpul reeds which have not yet begun to spread. Women plant the taro and pulpul; men make the fence and care for the irrigation. The mountain in the background is the cliff, Paranyieu, which is near the men's house. The location of the men's house is behind the tanget on the left. () / |  | | | | | |
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326926 |
Same garden from another angle - both kinds of fence are visible. The itata, plot markers, are here also used to help guide the water. Gwataie is walking along between the plots. () / | | | | | | |
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326928 |
Gwataie, Yambagwe and MJ in the same garden. Outside the fence are the rest of the team. In the background is Gwalama Mtn (the one with two tops) on the other side of the Yaiyagac River. Taro gardens are lower down. This pulpul garden is on excellent ground. You can 1ake a harvest and the roots will regrow another harvest in two more months, and you can make a third harvest. This can go on for 2 ½ years. Then you take out the old roots, turn the ground, and right away plant a new crop. The taro, will take about a year to mature - after that it can stay in the ground for 2 years -and can be used at the initiation ceremonies - it doesn't rot. In a dry garden, the taro can only be left for about a year - many insects can come and eat them if they are left for more time.
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326929 |
MJ leads the team coming up a steep path through kunai grass next to very large ditch dug by all Wiaveu men as a deterent for pigs to come too close to village. (But then the pigs weren't growing up strongly and so they let this fall into disuse.)
To the left of the large tree is a large sweet potato garden on Wiaveu people. On the right of the tree - in fact on the other side of the Yayagac River, is the new fence of a new pulpul-taro garden belonging to Yani people. It is irrigated from water taken from the Yayagac in small ditches. The Anagiri ridge and Kwankeucheureu are visible in background, the all the primary Forest of the Ipmani. () / | | | | | | |
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326937 |
The left hand end of the rainbow looking across fence posts of Tultul's garden.
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326940 |
MG and surveying team measuring fence -Gwadamaiwe holds the "diwai cross". In the background is the kunai slope of Bwigamieu. () / | | | | | | |
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326942 |
MG and surveying team measuring fence -Gwadamaiwe holds the "diwai cross". In the background is the kunai slope of Bwigamieu. () / | | | | | | |