We went to two different churches: a Baptist and Four Squares. the Baptist had no singing but it had Pidgin English and Engan. The person who was talking in Engan was shouting. (It's a wonder he doesn't get a sore throat). In the Four Squares church there was a lot of singing that was mainly in Pidgin and English. They only started talking when the children's program started. When the singin was happening there were even synchronised tamborine players/dancers.
We went inside Shamaia's mum's (Lucy's) cookhut. When the fire was there it was very smokey because there was no chimney. It was made from the same things as house materials. (See Information Page, number 10). Lucy was making a bilum because it was raining. She showed us the way she sometimes cooks sweet potatoe. You put it underneath the fire, buried in ashes.
getting the fire going by blowing through a pipe
this is Lucy making my bilum
having a "sleep" in the cook hut
