DGB1-2011_010 - Kudas Rice Custom

A video of a gift exchange custom taking place in Kudas, a Bargam speaking village near Matukar. Ten years previously, people from Bargam village further inland gifted a large amount of sago to the people of Kudas. In the sago basket was an empty rice packet. That was a sign that the return for the gift should be the same amount of rice. After ten years of collecting money, the Kudas people were ready to give them back a huge basket of rice. A feast was prepared for the handover of the basket. The villagers must carry back their massive basket of rice back to their village without dropping it. The people of Kudas followed and jeered them. This collection has a video of the custom, a narration of that video and a written account of the custom. Funded by Living Tongues and National Geographic Enduring Voices.. Language as given: