Monday, November 15, 2010

Where in the world is my Dad??


Millie has been asking non stop when Dad's coming home. She doesn't quite understand the concept yet of weeks so her Grandma helped her make this calendar. The darker pink squares show how long Petey will be gone. The stickers represent the days he has been gone. She gets this!!

Since I am not sure which part of the journey Petey is on, there is one part I would like to share that was fascinating to me. I believe this is the final destination of their trip, which Vance was most excited for. It is in the Asmat Regency in Papua province. Its capital, Agats, is the destination. As their ship docks, the Asmat people are going to come and greet them in their boats and take them back to their village.

Here they will live among this ethnic tribe for several days. They will have opportunity to kill their own food and live amongst these interesting people. Their history is quite fascinating. Asmat people were cannibals and head-hunters. They also "hunted for names". Every person was named after someone deceased, or after a killed enemy. They had to learn the name of the man they killed, and then bring his skull to their village. Only in this way could a person get a name. They still live pretty true to their culture today - except for the cannibalism :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmat_people

1 comment:

  1. If he comes home with a new name I might have to start locking our doors at night! Haha! Once in a lifetime experience...amazing. Thanks for sharing!

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