In fact the displaced communities in their new relocation sites are much farther away from Kokopo market now than they were from Rabaul prior to the eruptions. However, past experiences (e.g. MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON RABAUL DISASTER MET ON MORNING OF 22 SEPTEMBER (LOCAL TIME) WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. Thanks to its shape forming a sheltered harbor Rabaul city was the island's largest city prior to the major eruption in 1994. Australian National University Press. Hence, those projects and programs will be meeting their aspired needs. Papua New Guinea -- Rabaul. This hotel is named after the famous “Hotel Rabaul”, which was destroyed during the bombing campaign on Rabaul in WWII the “RH” has been hosting visitors since 1952. In applying the same theory Bill Standish (1989), provided great insights into the Bougainville conflict and revealed how this great conflict illustrates and reflects the deeper political, economic and social naemorrhaging of the PNG State. Thus, the GRA is perceived to be concentrating more on physical restoration than the non-physical (sociocultural) rehabilitation and reconstruction of the displaced communities' lives and livelihoods. ... image caption Volcanic ash covers a car in Rabaul town. The balanagunan component encompasses what is cultural, traditional and carries experiences and feelings of "tolainess" in their ethos and identity (A.L. Gunther, J.T. HELP ALSO GIVEN VERY GENEROUSLY FROM LOCAL NGOS, INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, BUSINESSES AND GENERAL PUBLIC. 2. Those who were interviewed were divided in their rationalization. The posed argument presented here is within the contexts of socio-cultural restoration in terns of rehabilitation and reconstruction within development processes which should embody two interrelated and complementary components:  physical (infrastructure projects) and human (social, cultural, psychological, economical/ financial and environmental). Exhumed from under three feet of ash after a 1994 eruption, the forlorn Sally is stark evidence of the pounding delivered by the Allied aerial siege. One is Reminded of the current situation in South Africa where the social evils of poverty, lack of education and unemployment are the root causes of an escalating crime rate as an offshoot. ); Resources, Development & Politics in the Pacific Islands, Bathurst: Crowford House Press, 1992, p.79 Janssen, H. et al. John D'Arcy May, ed., Living Theology In Melanesia: A Reader, Point Series No.8, Melanesian Institute, pp.142-158. The purpose of this paper, being compatible with the theme of the Waigani Seminar - Information and the Nation: To Know and to be Known - is twofold. GOVT HAS ADDRESSED A PUBLIC REQUEST TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL DONOR AGENCIES FOR RELIEF ASSISTANCE. Sentiments of the socio-cultural activities consolidate a "strong community base" for socioeconomic relationships in contrast to what seems to be an "artificial" and "weak central state" that Papua New Guinea currently is, as a nation (the theory of d weak central state and the strong community base). At the beginning of this year, 1997, strong winds caused the sea to rise beyond its normal level along the Kokopo beaches. Accommodation only – Dinner not included. 4.0 Rabaul Volcano Eruption •1984 Eruption Preparedness –Mock Exercise, Drills by Domestic Emergencies •1994 Twin Eruption –Traditional warning Methods - Care centres - resettlements • Establishment of Gazelle Restoration Authority •2006 –impact was minimal due to the resettlement program •2014 –Mainstreaming of … Certainly the eruption did more damage than any in nearly a decade. DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. For instance, there are cases where "wantoks", "friends" and "relatives" being appointed or promoted to positions without merit or credit. Care centres included Veaveo, Vunamami, Tapo-Tavui, Warongoi - all in the Kokopo area – and Livuan, on the North Coast Road of Rabaul. The functions of tambu, the recognized leadership power and authority of the big man and the identification of land as a relationship, an ethical issue, more than it being a mere commodity, combine via commercial and ceremonial activities as nonverbal texts towards the reunification, intesification and reinforcement of social relationships. So much so that in the villages tambu is the truer of the two currencies © kina and toea, and tambu. In the negation, the things the Tolai are most afraid of are death, sickness, barrenness of women, loss of power, loss of physical beauty, loss of ancestral land, drought, famine, eruptions, strong and destructive earthquakes, etc. TOKUA AIRSTRIP BEING UPGRADED BY NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE. And the criteria for the expenditure of their financial assistance was to restore infrastructure services rather than assist individual victims. Such an experience is depressing for the displaced, so much so that some could be observed to have suffered from psychological traumas as a consequence. However, as W. Nick Carter (1991: 305) explains:  for the displaced communities to sell their produce (if they have any). 6. 4. No wonder the displaced communities in the settlements of Gela Gela, Warena and even Ulagunan complain over insufficient land been allocated to them by the GRA or the Provincial Government to compensate their loss of original land holdings in the eruptions. Another theory on State-society relationships is the State-Capital-Society Relationship. The whole traditional Tolai ethical system is clannic (vunatarai) or lineage (apik tarai) in nature. IMMEDIATE RELIEF IS BEING PROVIDED. First, it may result in large investment on buildings and infrastructure projects, similar to what the GRA is currently engaged in, without the necessary inputs to help the victims (displaced) to become psychologically fit, socially coherent and economically self-sustained. It was conducted among the displaced Tolai communities in the aftermath of the September. The same volcano destroyed Rabaul town in 1994 when it erupted simultaneously with nearby Mount Vulcan. However, for the displaced communities, the event was incomplete, since it lacked the performance of the balanagunan (traditional, customary) ceremonies. Thus, strong States refer to those with high capabilities to achieve the four goals stated above. The 8 x 14 km caldera was formed by at least 2 major … 67-92. Its significance lies with the fact that it is both a highly developed instrument of commerce as well as a much prized ritual object. Rabaul, before the 1994 eruptions, was a special place, not just because of its picturesque setting and colourful history - it was the living monument of a people's pride - the identity of the Tolai. Open job opportunities in the humanitarian field. Of the K 192,976.90 the GRA spent on Rabaul, some K36,863 was spent on rehabilitation programs, including demolition and site work on Section 68, while K103,417 was spent on similar programs on section 46. According to Professor Russell Blong who wrote an analysis of the impact on Rabaul of a volcanic eruption similar to those in 1937, the earthquake hazard is actually grater than the volcanic hazard in that area. Houses in the Vunapope compound, for instance, were reportedly uprooted and carried into the sea when the tides resided. On 19 September 1994, two intracaldera cones (Tavurvur and Vulcan) erupted, 51 years after the most recent activity from Tavurvur and 57 years after Vulcan's latest eruption. TWO VOLCANIC CONES ON OPPOSITE SHORES OF THE SIX-KILOMETRE-WIDE SEA-FILLED CRATER OF RABAUL VOLCANO IN EASTERN NEW BRITAIN BEGAN TO ERUPT ON THE MORNING OF 19 SEPTEMBER (LOCAL TIME). DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. By comparison this eruption is a relatively small event. The latest Rabaul volcanic eruptions case is perceived as a disaster since it occurred as a sudden or major misfortune which disrupted i-lie basic fabric and normal functioning of the Tolai society. List of organizations that are actively providing ReliefWeb with content. Although the deaths in Gazelle have resulted mostly as secondary effects" of the disaster event, the displaced in particular experience the lack of the cultural and social mechanisms(funerary rites and their function) to plug(so to speak) this gap caused by a separation through death in the families, and community circles (A.L. As it was to be observed later during field work, the elderly in particular, seemed to develop the idea that God punishes them (victims) through catastrophes for transgressions and wrong doings (Blong 1984: 175-179). 6. Most of the existing buddings have been collapsed because of the ash and subsequent effect of acid. Stone, P. 1994 Hostages to Freedom: The Fall of Rabaul; Oceans Enterprises, Victoria, Australia, pp. They returned claiming the government allocated them to Warena which is not fertile, as well as mosquito and criminal infested. 3. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY, TELEPHONE: +41-22-917-2010, DESK OFFICER: E. HAEGGLUND, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917-3131 As cited above, they are viz., land, tambu and the big man power and authority in leadership. Fox example, a total of K874, 551.95 was spent on the now-abandoned Baliora satellite township project (Kl80,690.50 for clearing Baliora Plantation and K693,861.45 was spent on initial development projects, such as site works, temporary roads, design and water systems) at a time when over 30,000 displaced people remained at resettlement areas, many without basic necessary services. ASSISTANCE IS RENDERED BY DEFENCE FORCE, RED CROSS AND CATHOLIC CHURCH. TELEPHONE: +41-22-917-1234 It was titled:  National Development:  An Overview of development visions in contemporary Papua New Guinea. On the 9th September 1994, the overwhelming ash fallout from the twin volcanic eruptions caused mass destruction to Rabaul Town. infrastructure: roads, bridges, ports and airports etc; services: educational and health facilities, communication lines, electricity, water supply, sewage etc. Ennio Mantovani (1984: 199©210) analyses the Melanesian Value System which is also a reality even today among the Tolai. 3. Examples of the above theory where the state is seen to be unable to contain critical situations include the Bougainville crisis (at least prior to the formation of the current government); customary land ownership legislation in the country; the continuing escalation of the law and order problem; the search of employment, social services and education opportunities which are often unavailable; and the overwhelming experience of bribery, qraft and corruption, nepotism and favouritism in high places of authority. Papua New Guinea -- Tavurvur. As a "big man" would grieve for his maternal kinship clans and people, so was the then Premier, Sinai Brown, grieving at the loss of his provincial hone. Moreover, having sufficient land to work by the displaced communities would be a contribution through their inputs to boost and materialize the rhetoric on the agriculture sector of the nation's economy. In practical terms it connotes, to enjoy good health, long life and an abundance of cultural goods: spouses, children, land, crops, animals, game and fish, physical beauty, power, local wisdom and knowledge, kaia, prestige, etc. Therefore, recovery strategies being adopted as the approach, should be comprehensive, integrated and holistic. Research and disaster victims confirm the same tracks (Ibid. 22 SEPTEMBER 1994. 4. Consequently, the linkage between physical recovery and socio-cultural recovery of the victims is riot being realised, appreciated and appropriately addressed. Second, it is important to recognize the links between physical and socio-psychological, cultural, environmental and economic/ financial (from the perspective of the displaced) recovery. Department of East New Britain, Vunadidir. two volcanic cones on opposite shores of the six-kilometre-wide sea-filled crater of rabaul volcano in eastern new britain began to erupt on the morning of 19 september (local time). Recovery processes in the aftermath of a natural disaster, such as volcanic eruptions, cover the areas of cultural, social, psychological, economic/ financial and environmental when focusing on the human sector impacts as a term of reference. The knight labelled them "opportunists". According to the report, "Top bureaucracy must go": .for too long now, experienced public servants had been allowed to resign or missed out on promotion to political appointees, based on ‘political patronage and wantokism´ ….At the same time, Ministers have brought in relatives, friends and wantoks to these positions. In its interrelated contexts tambu functions to establish, sustain and manipulate social relationships for the vunatarai (group identity) and Tolai ethos and identity. In PNG's experience, the analogy would be that the State is weak, due to its incapacity to use and apply its penetrative, regulative, extractive and appropriative resources in society as evidenced by the steady occurrences of social, political and economic conflicts. ASH FALL IN RABAUL VARYING FROM 30 TO 70 CM HAS BEEN TURNED INTO MUD BY HEAVY RAINFALL. TRANSFER OF FUNDS SHOULD BE MADE TO DHA ACCOUNT NO. When German New Guinea’s second Governor Dr Albert Hahl bought 150 hectares of land in Rabaul using 750 German marks, he brought in some of the best skilled artisans and engineers to help him design and build a town that would become the envy of the Pacific. On the question of the relocation exercise for Rabaul to Kokopo and the displaced communities into the hinterland there are important points to be considered pertaining to relocation versus reconstruction on the same site. Exhumed from under three feet of ash after a 1994 eruption, the forlorn Sally is stark evidence of the pounding delivered by the Allied aerial siege. ____ 1978 Ethos and Identity: Three Studies in Ethnicity. Contention and Dispute: Aspects of law and social control in Melanesia. According to the article most of the money vested with the GRA for restoration of lives and livelihoods on Gazelle was paid to companies involved in implementing infrastructure projects rather than directly benefiting the displaced people, in terns of providing shelter at the resettlements. From the perspective of physical sector recovery the process is meant to restore. So much so that the strategies for the Gazelle Restoration Project Implementation Unit are comprehensive, integrated and holistic, as well as being compatible with infrastructure projects implementation. Fourth, relationships are created, maintained and mended through exchanges which are seen to be reciprocal giving and receiving. He cited that numerous complaints had been lashed against GRA by Rabaul residents pertaining to the Authority's "one-sided" approach in the restoration process being concentrated only in Kokopo after the devastation by eruptions. Large portions of the town of Rabaul were destroyed by ash from the eruption. Rabaul 1994. First, it attempts to highlight the human sector impacts of natural disasters as an equally important component in need of rehabilitation and reconstruction in aftermath restoration projects and programs. Dislocation for them, for instance, is not just limited to the physical (environmental). Tambu is significant both in its commercial value, as well as in its uniqueness for the establishment, sustainability and manipulation of social relationships among the Tolai in clan and kinship ties. Rabaul was damaged but not destroyed by the volcano. Susan, her family and staff and friends, worked tirelessly to overcome the trauma of that disaster. Rabaul 1989 - Part panorama of Rabaul before the eruptions . DHA-GENEVA 94/0354PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VOLCANIC ERUPTION (Emphasis added). ), Melanesian Institute, pp. It has produced major explosions during historical times, including large eruptions in 1878 and 1994. FAX: +41-22-917-0023 (National symbols), history, local and national identity, social cohesion, moral values, continuation of traditions (e.g. Rather what they would like to acquire is based on wants which are a great deal more than what their true needs are. COMMUNICATIONS WITH RABAUL STILL INTERRUPTED. 27 SEPTEMBER 1994. The National, Thursday, August 14, 1997 p.1, Post-Courier, Wednesday April 3, 1997; Thursday April 16, 1997, The National, Monday, August 18, 1997 p.6, The National, Friday, August 15, 1997 p.15, Post-Courier, Tuesday October 29, 1996 p.12, Post-Courier, Thursday September 29, 1994 p.11, Post-Courier, Thursday August 21, 1997 p.10, Post-Courier, Monday November 4, 1996 p.4. Through the mass media or other venues, such as public meetings (with their representatives in Parliament), the displaced accused those they considered to have been responsible for their plight and suffering. From a religious perspective, ecclesiastical leaders are supposed to be models of "service" as the charism, and not to be indulging in embedded human mechanisms just to save one's person and position. To illustrate, in pre-994, some of the Tolai displaced members might have already been enduring chronic shortages of tambu for commercial and ceremonial transactions. Rabaul was once called "the most beautiful towns in the South Pacific", until 1994 when the twin volcanic eruption ruined the entire town. University of California Press. UNTIL QUANTIFIED REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED BY GOVT, FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF RELIEF SUPPLIES CAN BE GIVEN AS GUIDANCE FOR OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: CLOTHING FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SOAP, HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS, 20-LITRE WATER CONTAINERS, WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS, BREATHING MASKS, HEALTH KITS, PLASTIC MATS (FAMILY SIZE), MOSQUITO NETS (FAMILY SIZE) AND CANVAS SHEETS (TWENTY INCHES BY TWENTY INCHES). A group of four of us were on what amounted to the standard day tour of Rabaul/Kokopo area. 5.DONORS WISHING TO MAKE NON MEDICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN KIND MAY CONTACT DHA-GENEVA FOR CROSSCHECKING WITH DHA FIELD REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING APPROPRIATENESS OF TYPE OF RELIEF ITEM AND QUANTITY. The actor in question was a displaced himself. Eruptions from Tavurvur reached 6 km above sea … The four paradigms are namely: Having outlined the four basic development philosophies in contemporary Papua New Guinea, the GRA Project Implementation Unit is perceived to be within the contexts of the Sty al Adjustment Vision with the goal of Economic Growth, in the light of its latest report on the Gazelle restoration and implementation expenditure. The area has been under considerable decline before the disaster struck due to, for instance, environmental degradation, pollution, economic changes, etc. For example, the case of the spokeswoman in Veaveo care centre lashing out against some members of the security forces and government officials in positions of authority who, through their care©less attitude in their work commitments had exacerbated the magnitude of the eruptions. It is seen as a statement which generalizes the restoration strategies for the whole Province and the general public. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS INDICATE SOME FORTY PER CENT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. Bradley, C. 1982 Tolai Women and Development: Thesis submitted for the degree of Ph. Dr Jerome Semos of the University of Goroka elaborates on the interrelated theories pertaining to society-State social relationships. Vulcan had finished its work within a few weeks of the eruption. SO FAR NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. It comprises human beings, ancestors, local spirits - kaia, animals and land. Photograph of plumes from Rabaul taken by Space Shuttle astronauts roughly 24 hours after the start of the 19 September 1994 eruption. For example, big men, due to their stocks of great wealth in tambu, and their control of vunatarai land, possess the achieved but recognized power and authority, and as shrewd entrepreneurs, plan, organize and sponsor mortuary rites, matrimonial ceremonials and the activities of the tumbuan and dukduk. The high risk and heavily devastated areas include Matalau, Korere, Talwat, Bai, Nodup, Matupit and parts of Malaguna, Central Gazelle and North Coast. 7. During field work we experienced the same accusations. Second, in citing an exploratory field exercise among the Tolai displaced communities after the 1994 Rabaul eruption episodes the hope is also to amplify, through the case study, the theory of a strong rural community base versus a weak or artificial central state in social relationships. The human experience for the displaced is that they have been torn away from their traditional roots. The exercise lasted for four weeks between the end of 1995 and the beginning of 1996 when the afflicted communities were contacted in the then care centres, which were just phasing out and in the relocation sites or new settlements. There are two intervening factors towards infrastructure concentration in rehabilitation and reconstruction. Volcanoes and eruptions are not without explanation and meaning in Tolai worldview and within their emotional and cognitive contexts. Moreover, Kokopo is in fact, nearer to the St George's fault, which is one of the main faults in the region. [81 And still there is the impending question of land ownership and tenure. This put us near Hotel Rabaul, and the Phoenix, at lunchtime. 69-76. The assessment of the 1989/90 period by Standish (1989: 4, 10) of the PNG government´s role in the Bougainville conflict sets the basis for the argument of this theory: PNG State is dependent upon MNCs and is now fighting its own citizens to protect foreign enterprises which destroy the traditional landowner's environment.... PNG's situation in 1989 raises important questions about how to handle conflicts between a State and its citizens, and about the viability of post-colonial States dependent upon resource extraction and exports. DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. Sentiments which relate to their significance are expressed in Mangamangana Nigunan - Balanagunan (Tolai Customs) which are interwoven in their Value System. Rabaul is a shield volcano formed from deposits left by earlier eruptions. Carter, N. 1991 Disaster Management: A Disaster Manager's Handbook, Manila, ADB (1991). Human sector impacts as a term of reference and in need of restoration, will complement physical restoration. Neighbourhood and community moral, law and order, social services. The purpose was to air the grievances of the displaced people over the slow process of restoration by the GRA. NO REPORTS OF DISEASE OUTBREAK. Mental and physical well being of individuals. Rabaul is the easternmost member of the volcanic Bismarck arc and located on the north eastern end of the Gazelle Peninsula at the NE end of New Britain. Last April the people of Tavana, Valaur and Latlat, whose villages, estates of coconut and cocoa, permanent houses and buildings, dwellings, garden sites, sacred grounds and cemeteries are buried under 20 metres of volcanic ash and dust deserted their relocation site of Warena and cawed in tents in what used to be their homes. Tambu is both life and death for the Tolai as a symbolic representation of ethnic cultural identity and meaningful motivating purpose in life (it could be much more in the subconscious level than on the conscious in contemporary times)[14]. ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNIENET DIALCOM 141:DHAGVA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VOLCANIC ERUPTION 6. Earthscan, London. Statements were expressed by then Acting Police Commissioner, Bob Nenta and NGO representative, Brian Brunton, respectively; see also Post©Courier, 17 January 1996, pp. Epstein 1992: 171). CO-590.160.1 AT THE SWISS BANK CORPORATION, CASE POSTALE 2770, CH-1211 GENEVA 2 WITH THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLCANIC ERUPTION - DHA GENEVA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VOLCANIC ERUPTION 10, University of Hawaii Press/Honalulu. The Governor pointed out that it was in everybody's interest that development is seen to be taking place in the devastated township: "My government will ensure that Rabaul town gets back to where it was before the eruptions." 4. Vulcan produced the most powerful eruptions with ash to a height of 20 km. Crops - both garden sites and cultivated land estates of coconut and cocoa cash crops; food stocks; products; premises, such as warehouses, copra driers, cocoa fermentaries; cottage industries; storage. Kaivovo's defensive comments are ambiguous. TOTAL OF 53,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN FIVE MAIN CENTRES (KOKOPO, BITAPAKA, LIVUAN, VUNAMAMI AND VUDAL) AND OTHER SMALLER CENTRES. " .... relocation results in a number of problems even though the new environments tend to be better and safer to live in .... problems tend to arise from human factors (e.g. Rabaul has been rebuilt twice after the 1937 twin eruption and after the Second World War), reveal that there are several reasons why the option may not be desired by the communities or be successful in the long run. It could be added in here that it is not only in government circles that an extension of the kinship mentality is experienced to be buttressed in wantokism. However, relocating communities may be desirable in some specific cases where: All major disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, have a psychological impact on the affected populations, such as the Tolai displaced communities, as well as disrupting the economic and social fabric of their society. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VOLCANIC ERUPTION ____ (1970) The Mataungan Affair, New Guinea, Vol.4 No.4 pp. Aysan, Y. et al. In his book "When the Corporations Rule the World", Dr Korten titles his third chapter, "The Growth Illusion" (1996:37). The GRA will be fully meeting the aspired needs of the displaced populace if it heeds assisting them through the initiative of a support system of social services towards the revival of the socio-cultural and human sector being impacted upon as well. In reference to the case study of the Tolai displaced communities, three specific areas or social institutions within Tolai social structure appeal prominently to have been impacted upon. Tavurvur I Puongo: Students' Accounts of the 1994 Eruptions in East New Britain. 2, No. When I first returned to Rabaul after the eruption I came across inhabitants of Tavana, Valaur and Rapolo searching among the rubble of what used to be their homes before the eruptions. The reality of wantokism is well captured as well by what one experiences in Papua New Guinea as the current ethic of "not what you know", but "whom you know", in sustaining goods and services. People in Papua New Guinea would be more willing to go by their traditional means of social integration and cohesiveness as expressed in customs and in according to their core value system than by following the western patterns as currently executed by the national Government. 25-36. GRA has spent fewer funds to restoring volcano devastated Rabaul, while more money was spent on infrastructure projects in the Kokopo area. Takubar, by the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul, and Ulaveo, which is a joint venture of the Papua New Guinea and East New Britain governments); administrative / political (such as institutional structures); and human resources (education and training) is essential for a return to normality. ERUPTIVE COLUMNS REACHED HEIGHT OF 500 TO 2,000 METRES. DHA IS PREPARED TO SERVE AS A CHANNEL FOR CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE USED DURING THE IMMEDIATE RELIEF PHASE. He said that it was ENB’s turn to give back to those who had helped. This special festival celebrates the rebirth of Rabaul after the 1994 twin volcanic eruptions that almost completely destroyed the Rabaul township. Certainly the eruption did more damage than any in nearly a decade. I would like to know and I am sure the people of Papua New Guinea would like to know, when short term private gain should take precedence over people's lives and livelihoods. It is envisaged that due to the experiences of land shortage which the displaced are now confronted with, the new trend would be within the perimeters of the "pull factors" towards sustaining that contribution. The main reasons offered as rationale for the late Rabaul volcanic eruptions were based on the three principle explanatory theories: magico-religio and mythical and legendary (traditional); Christian (as punishment for disobedience and other immoral transgressions) and geo-physical (scientific - matanitu). The big man "achieved" system of leadership, political power and authority, which is largely a sociological title more than it being politico-economical. Following Freudian frameworks in his analysis, A.L. To Marnakat and To Vup were such men (Neumann 1992: 50 ff, 236; see also A.L. The institutions are rather vitally important for the "education, enculturation and civilization" of the young males towards the preservation of values, customs and practices towards Tolai ethnic identity. 1, February 1989, pp.4, 10. Items, including large eruptions in 1878 and 1994 ALLOWED into abandoned airstrip TOKUA. 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