RV1-041A160208 - Blanga Totems - Nason Haidu

Chief Nason Haidu is talking about the two totems of the Northern Blanga people: Posamogho (snake) and Khome (crocodile). Totem transmition is matrilineal and, as expected, bearers of the same totem cannot marry each other. Interestingly, Haidu's ancestors decided that in order to avoid marriage between brothers two totems are enough, so they stubbornly opposed the penetration of any other totem. Thus, the Kusa (fish species) totem, original from Kia, and the Eagle totem from Bughotu were assimilaqted into Posamogho and Khome respectively. Khome itself is actually the name of a shell species, but the myth was created that the particular shell had descended from a crocodile (Nasava), so the Khome people consider themselves crocodiles.. Language as given: Blanga

纳森·海杜酋长（Chief Nason Haidu）正在讲述北布兰卡族群（Northern Blanga people）的两大核心图腾：波萨莫戈（Posamogho，蛇）与科姆（Khome，鳄鱼）。图腾传承采用母系制度，按照惯例，同图腾者不得通婚。值得注意的是，海杜的先祖认定仅需两个图腾即可避免兄弟间通婚，因此坚决抵制任何外来图腾的渗透。由此，原本源自基亚（Kia）的库萨（Kusa，鱼类物种）图腾，以及来自布戈托（Bughotu）的鹰图腾，分别被同化至波萨莫戈与科姆图腾体系中。事实上，科姆本身本是一种贝类的名称，但当地神话构建了“该特殊贝类源自鳄鱼纳萨瓦（Nasava）”的叙事，因此科姆族群自视为鳄鱼。本次记录所用语言为布兰卡语（Blanga）。