Looking for Cannibals: Dance and Feast

The Cincinnati dance live Peacemaker feast

When I talked with Peter Presbyterian cannibals topic, I saw many tribal village local women dressed in the fields, the kind of its special and its special dress up, they wore a kind of its precious bird of paradise feathers and eagle feathers, the chest hanging boar gums and submarine shells, face smeared the only West Highland have a special color heavy make-up, they are bare-chested, bare breasts, the lower part of the body is tied with leaves, grass skirt, belt with thin linen the tubular goods woven together linen strips, plus a waist drum in hand with one of the woman's beauty and pride. 

Delegation of a dozen of them, and the age, is the mother of the children, but they are extremely serious makeup and wearing jewelry. I'm curious to why they should be equipped with the "heart" shape of wild boar teeth and shells, they said their belongings, currency symbol, no previous currency, are these wild boar teeth and shells to exchange for food, so they still like hanging on his chest, metaphor the financial resources ridden and happiness. They are singing and dancing, mouth muttered singing chorus, "While we can not give you anything, but we give you thousands of color to your happy dance, welcome you traveled all the way open to our tribe, to wish you peace here, and wish you're safe to leave. " 

According to locals, translate to me mean. I found their dress can not be separated from the West Highland maximum a feature ----- bird of paradise feathers. Just kids jump the Tribal Warrior Dance "battle dance", they now jump women singing and dancing is the famous West Highland dance called SINSIN DANCE Cincinnati dance. Have been to almost every tribe in the West Highlands are aware of this Cincinnati dance, the entire northern part of several of the provincial capital of the Highlands, and the second half of the year there is a huge Cincinnati Dance Competition from the various tribes of the Highlands mountain show their symplectic Sim dance costumes, an annual unprecedented Cincinnati Dance Carnival. They say that I see just a dance of their tribe, is a microcosm of the Carnival.

Side dancing, the side Peter has been in command of the village elders a gourmet the ho feast of lunch ----- Mu Mu feast. Mu-Mu dinner with Cincinnati dance in Mount Hagen par, are generally the Cincinnati dance there Mu Mu meal, just locals poor economic conditions, not too much money to buy a chicken to do this Mu Mu feast. Mu Mu feast their village for a long time did not re-enjoy a gourmet feast. In the Western Highlands, you have to prepare a feast wedding, you have to prepare a feast move you to feast grabbing power and money, only a ho feast, it is Mu Mu feast, Mu Mu feast, two kinds, in addition to broiler of Mu Mu, kill a pig Mu Mu is the locals most yearning the most intoxicated cuisine most senior.

First is that what is Mu Mu feast.
The Mu Mu feast Peter Presbyterian total orders to buy 20 chickens, this number usually general festivals only sell five chickens or 10 chickens. In addition to also buy some chicken wrapped chicken can also be eaten in the wild, buy some sweet potatoes, bananas, basically the main ingredients. Then, dig a big hole in the mud first, banana leaves laid in the hole and the hole in the cave lit wood burning wood on top are stones, after combustion stones will become like charcoal wood boiling hot, so the stones charred stone takes about one hour, while stones boil soup, take an hour, and other hot stones an hour later, then a huge banana leaf shop dug hole in the next layer by layer rolled out the first hot stones with tree branches clip to the hole, I was standing next to would like to help with, but beside the raging fire Xunde I felt hot , sweltering has a tremendous amount of heat, you can feel the red-hot stones. 

Put over the hole at the bottom of the first batch of hot stones, put down to the sweet potatoes, is the sweet potato, and then covered with a layer of banana leaves, banana leaves continue to lay the banana, the banana is peeled white banana, then covered with a layer of banana leaves, and finally put on a number of the scalding stones and broiler, those broilers are wrapped with wild, because at the same time in the top layer of put a lot of hot stones without the wild segment broiler with stone block, then these hot stones will be close to the broiler to affect broiler food quality. Finally the hole prior to roll out of banana leaves and then closed cover in broiler above, more banana leaves to cover at the top level, the pressure on the weight of the stick and stone to suppress the hole in order to prevent hot air came out from the hole edge, such the heat emitted by the cave of boiling stones have nowhere to go, only evaporation in a cave on the food, the entire process takes about an hour. An hour later, the scent of broilers with the fragrance of banana leaves, fragrance Miles. . . . 

This is the famous West Highland ho feast called Mu Mu feast. Really big in the world of wonders, compared to what restaurant cuisine and the Mu Mu feast of the most original ecological weak burst. The entire Mu Mu feast multiplayer co-operation is complete, the command of the entire operation and the operation of tribal elders Peter. Finally, under the command of Peter elders give to the families in the village, each family usually only enough to share a chicken leg or chicken breast, plus a few bananas or sweet potatoes, the entire distribution process takes about an hour, so Broiler Mu Mu feast a total of three hours.

Harmony Harmony feast of the Cincinnati dance joyfully celebrate the happy time of Peter the elders asked me, I'm wearing a hat that says 126WT what I said that January 26th is my birthday. So the Kuna Mans Ga tribe all applaud all clapping for me, because this day happens to be January 26, 2013. I moved a bit, I really did not think I was looking for the cannibals clues to find my birthday, my birthday on January 26 this year turned out to be with indigenous tribes in the remote Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands mountain off in the traditional Cincinnati dance live in harmony feast of all indigenous and tribal villagers spent together. 

Locals bounce the guitar to sing and dance, calling my name, to wish me a happy birthday, it was very moved when I left the tribe, the village children calling my name has been tracked intersection gradually away until our car to go. Really unforgettable memories. The guide told them very memorable, because usually live in the mountains, not in contact with the outside world, like me, all the way to come to their tribe, also very happy for them, but also willing to share with me their dance and life.