Water shade for the cultural change

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Alternative Titles: 
An Ethonographical Studies of Merei Communities
Date Created: 
2002-09-30
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67 pages
Publication Status: 
Draft (posted 'as is' without peer review)
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1. Introduction -- 2. Orientation -- 2.1 Identification -- 2.2 A map of Navele -- 2.3 Geography -- 2.3.1 The Climate -- 2.3.2 Soil and Mineral Resource -- 2.3.3 Fauna and Flora -- 3. General Culture and Change -- 3.1 Demography -- 3.2 Total Culture -- 3.3 The influence of the Nationalist movement in the history -- 3.4 Language -- 3.4.1 The language group -- 3.4.2 The related language -- 3.4.3 Language in use -- 3.4.4 Orthography -- 3.5 Cross Cultural Contacts -- 4. Material Culture -- 4.1 Food Quest -- 4.2 Animal Husbandry -- 4.3 Agriculture -- 4.4 Food Processing and Consumption -- 4.4.1 Cooking -- 4.4.2 Manairarai – Laplap(Bislama -- 4.4.3 Food Preservation -- 4.4.4 Westernized Breakfast -- 4.4.5 Cooking and serving food by other islanders -- 4.5 Drink and Drug -- 4.5.1 Kava 20 4.5.2 Alcohol -- 4.6 Clothing -- 4.7 Construction and building -- 4.8 Tools -- 4.9 Energy and power -- 5. Economy -- 5.1 Work engaged -- 5.2 Wealth -- 5.3 Services -- 6. Social Life and Identity -- 6.1 Activities of the Target Group -- 6.2 Leisure -- 6.3 The relationship with Pentecost & Anglican Church -- 6.4 Reaction to Change -- 7. Social Group -- 7.1 Interpersonal Relationship -- 7.2 Marriage -- 7.2.1 Marriage arrangement and Bride Price -- 7.3 Family -- 7.4 Kinship term: -- 7.5 Kin Group -- 8. Political Process -- 8.1 Community -- 8.2 Territorial Organization -- 8.3 Government Activity -- 8.4 Political Behavior -- 9. Adversity and Resolution -- 9.1 Law and Justice -- 9.2 Natural Disaster -- 9.3 Social Problem -- 9.4 Health and Welfare -- 9.5 Sickness -- 9.5.1 Common Sickness in the village -- 9.5.2 Custom Belief about the cause of sickness -- 9.5.3 Sorcery -- 9.5.4 Custom healing -- 10. World View and Religion -- 10.1 Death, Dying and Funeral -- 10.2 Religious Belief -- 10.2.1 Cosmology and Mythology -- 10.2.2 God and Spirit -- 10.3 Custom Belief -- 10.4 Religious Practice and their life cycle -- 10.4.1 Birth -- 10.4.2 Break the taboo of carrying baby -- 10.4.3 When child’s tooth came out -- 10.4.4 Initiation -- 10.4.5 Wedding -- 10.4.6 Break the abstention of food for the death -- 10.4.7 The westernized celebration and ritual -- 10.5 Church -- 10.6 Idea about nature and man -- 11. Life Cycle -- 11.1 Sex -- 11.2 Infancy and Childhood -- 11.2.1 A case for Allison’s birthday party -- 11.3 Socialization -- 11.4 Education, Literacy and Literature -- 11.4.1 Attitudes toward Education and Literacy -- 11.4.2 Non formal education -- 11.4.3 Formal Education -- 11.4.4 Literacy Rate -- 11.5 Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age -- 12. Conclusion – water shade for the cultural change -- 4 13. Bibliography -- 13.1 Reference -- 13.2 Other Resources -- 13.2.1 General -- 13.2.2 Software and Internet -- 14. Appendix
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Vanuatu
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Entry Number: 
55595