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3149-4.jpg The old chief explains what is about to happen, to the anthropologist
38148-3.jpg It's New year season, and briefly, there's license to play...
3151-15.jpg It's water tossing time...
3151-16-2.jpg Water-(continued)...
3151-2-2.jpg Water- Finally the anthropologist gets it!
3151-12.jpg Kapinga women particularly love to dance.
3148-5.jpg The children get interested.
3151-11.jpg The kids are taught...
3148-4.jpg And the children are learning a life time pleasure!
3148-6.jpg Dance...
3148-7.jpg And dance...
3148-8.jpg Dance some more...
3148-9.jpg very encouraged dancer
3149-17.jpg and finally, the Onlookers get ready to participate...
3149-18.jpg Onlooker
3149-19.jpg Onlooker
3148-13.jpg Kids and Adults parody the dancers.
3148-19.jpg Very soon they will gather for New Year's Feast!
3148-16.jpg A race around the Flag!
3147-16.jpg Pounding taro for the meal!
3146-20.jpg Another preparation site.
3152-5.jpg Boy's first experience with eel preparation!
3146-14.jpg Laying out the eels
3152-8.jpg Preparing and gutting the eels.
3152-9.jpg Eel preparation, (cont)
3146-2-2.jpg Cutting the firewood for grilling the eels.
3146-18.jpg Eels are ready to grill!
3147-2.jpg Weaving baskets to carry cooked eels
3152-12.jpg Eels are finally being grilled!
3146-17.jpg Late Dec. 1965 - Writing notes at the start of the Eel ceremony.
3148-2.jpg Donuts for the kids.
3149-10.jpg Laying out the plates for those staying,
3149-11.jpg and many plates get taken home.
3149-5.jpg The chief, with his grand children, at the eel feast.
3149-14.jpg The feast and it's preparations attract participants and kibitzers,but not everyone.
3149-15.jpg Working on pandanus leaf mat, that she is starting to plait.
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