"We used to eat people"

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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781476630700
ISBN-13 : 1476630704
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Book Synopsis "We used to eat people" by : R.M.W. Dixon

Download or read book "We used to eat people" written by R.M.W. Dixon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in a reed hut on Taveuni--the "garden isle" of Fiji--the author studied the native language and carefully observed their traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village. Despite five cyclones the summer of 1985, daily life was idyllic. Cannibalism has been abandoned, reluctantly, at the behest of the new Christian God. But the old religion survived beneath the facade and priests danced naked on the beach beneath the full moon. The village pulsated with factions and feuds, resolved by the stern but benevolent chief, whose word was law. Legends told of a princess born as a bird, who was killed and thus became a comely maiden--but the murderer had to be cooked and eaten.


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