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the museum of Noumea
Ancestor mast from Irian Jaya (West New Guinea, Asmat tribe). The Asmat, cannibal until 1960 were conquered by the Dutch and the Muslims of Indonesia, then were repressed and decimated, obliged to give up, as everywhere, their culture and rituals. Their rites were re-allowed thereafter. Some of this tribe now carved for tourists, but rather live miserably without the support and care, far from what allowed them before to produce food. Others still live in fairly large huts built at the tree tops. Ancestor mast : previously, each sculpted head represented an ancestor, and it was advised to care it, because their minds could take revenge by misfortune and disease. |
Poterie Lapita, whose name come from the spot of discovery (New Caledonie). |
see also " tribes" |
For Kanak of New Caledonia, the aboriginaltraditional oven consists of pre-heated stones buried in the soil. It is a big job, chopping wood, digging a large hole in the ground, preparing the fire, which should make heating stones, wraping the food in packages. It usually begins the day before. Succulent when prepared in the rules, the food is different and juicy. A personal memory of Ouvéa, in an inauguration, which I measure long after, the importance. See also "bougna" in "WORDS". |
![]() This cooking is back in our "civilized" countries, with the use of beautiful electric stones plates, put on the table. It is much more simpler to cook on meat or crustaceous ! |
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