The little customs…

Today two of the mothers came to my door with some food (kukim bananas – (sp?), a hunk of pork and some fruits). I looked at them askance and said “thanks!, what’s that for?”.

The Mothers (senior women in the Mothers Union) explained that they were delivering the food on behalf of J who was stabbed last week. The family that has had some difficult times will normally get a large amount of food sometime afterwards. This will then be split up and distributed to those “who helped out/visited” during the tough times by some of the Mothers.

No idea if this is something Milne Bay (the wife), Oro (the husband), or just PNG. But I like the custom...