Anutan Essay
Learner record of Anutan’s
This is a very small Island that is just half a mile in diameter and is one of the thousand islands that make up Melanesian nation of the Solomon Islands. Anuta Island has been known as ‘te fatu sekeseke’, the slippery stone, due to it being such a small spot in the ocean. The population of the island was under three hundred.
This tribe really spoke to me there was so many aspects of their lives I thought were so fascinating. When meeting the chef there was a protocol that Bruce Perry had to be lower than the chef so had to go in on his hands and knees then they welcomed him in a Polynesian way with nose kiss and inhaled deeply.
Another thing which I found amazing was the Anutan’s relationship with nature, that they are totally …show more content…
They do this by making distinctive calls in an attempt to lure the birds in and try catching them in their net. They do not kill the birds immediately they are used to try lure other birds into their net. Much to Bruce’s is surprise he managed to catch a bird.
One thing I found was amazing was that everything is shared between the 24 family’s from fishing to crops they call this Aropa which means love, compassion for fellow human being this seems to be a fundamental way of this culture and I feel this is great to see a society acting in a way I feel every society should. This also helps create sustainability as they do not over fish areas and also do crop rotation.
Bruce Perry was able to help a man that had an infected foot I think this helped point out how the isolation of the island although romantic it can be treacherous as the nearest hospital was 200 mile away and would not of made it. Luckily one of the things Bruce brought as a present for the islanders was anti-biotic but in curing this man’s foot it used half of the supplies he brought, they mainly use traditional medicine on the
This is a very small Island that is just half a mile in diameter and is one of the thousand islands that make up Melanesian nation of the Solomon Islands. Anuta Island has been known as ‘te fatu sekeseke’, the slippery stone, due to it being such a small spot in the ocean. The population of the island was under three hundred.
This tribe really spoke to me there was so many aspects of their lives I thought were so fascinating. When meeting the chef there was a protocol that Bruce Perry had to be lower than the chef so had to go in on his hands and knees then they welcomed him in a Polynesian way with nose kiss and inhaled deeply.
Another thing which I found amazing was the Anutan’s relationship with nature, that they are totally …show more content…
They do this by making distinctive calls in an attempt to lure the birds in and try catching them in their net. They do not kill the birds immediately they are used to try lure other birds into their net. Much to Bruce’s is surprise he managed to catch a bird.
One thing I found was amazing was that everything is shared between the 24 family’s from fishing to crops they call this Aropa which means love, compassion for fellow human being this seems to be a fundamental way of this culture and I feel this is great to see a society acting in a way I feel every society should. This also helps create sustainability as they do not over fish areas and also do crop rotation.
Bruce Perry was able to help a man that had an infected foot I think this helped point out how the isolation of the island although romantic it can be treacherous as the nearest hospital was 200 mile away and would not of made it. Luckily one of the things Bruce brought as a present for the islanders was anti-biotic but in curing this man’s foot it used half of the supplies he brought, they mainly use traditional medicine on the