Sacred Stone place marker 2 of 2
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Early Mewun villages, founded by the first Europeans to the interior of Malakula, are often marked by large stones implanted in the earth, near the center of the village. These stones were pulled up from the seashore and Mewun say that some of them are cast-off limbs of giant devils, lost while fleeing from local people. Each of these stones acted as a fulcrum for the surrounding land and was mythically important to the residents. Today, when Mewun return to the centers of deserted village, they find those stones to be sad reminders of the formerly occupied land that they now consider 'ded' (dead).
To Mewun, land achieves importance as a place and remains alive only through tradition. - Creation Date
- Summer 1981
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- Skinner-Jones, Ann
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