The daily life of the people here is mostly that of a typical isolated way of life. All their source of food comes from the land, that is, by way of subsistence farming, hunting and gathering and domestic animals. There is no road access to this area and the only means of transport is by walking for hours from. There is abundance of food of what a natural environment can offer, however, their only problem here is a road link that can make it easy to sell their produce to Mendi town. A walk from last karints normally takes about 4 long hours before catching a PMV at Bela or Map to town. And you would expect a return to home the next day after a night in Mendi.
This is a typical Village setting. At the back ground is mountain (har) pole that ranges from pingrip and ilipoo, the next neighbouring tribe.
This is the typical setting of a backyard to many of the peoples' homes, all you can expect to find is sugarcane, vegetables, flowers and of course pandanus nut trees and tanget as the boundary separating each family unit.
This is the inside of a family house where all materials are from the bush. photograph of kids inside a family home showing off their hidden talents in style.
Typical village kids who are only used to assisting and helping their parents in looking after pigs, weeding the garden, breaking firewood and fetch water as part of their daily contribution. There is no education for these kids and chances of them getting educated is very narrow.
A typical village elder ready with his bush knife to make a start with his daily assignments. He was caught up with the author on his way to cleaning and pruning his pandanus nut plantation.
Pandanas nut is a seasonal food stuff when the people have their plates full for a day's menu. The above village woman were caught up with by the author when they were returning form the pandanus nut plantation during one of such season.
Fresh water is one resource that is in abundance supply. Besides the normal use of water, people here also depend on for a daily source of protein and as a source of medication for lifestyle diseases. The author caught up with the small boy swimming and enjoying himself.
Of the many fresh water streams, fishing rainbow trout by village boys is one off activity to add at least a protein to the dinner menu. The author caught up with these boys resting after a long unsuccessful fishing trip.
Waiting for a bit of sunshine before having a wash because water steams here are so cold. Daily life style water borne diseases are not a problem to the people who live here because of the abundance of fresh water streams.
Fresh water is one resource that is in abundance supply. A small village boy enjoying himself with all smiles in the water.
Typical family unit in a bush hut having a bit of one off opportunity to have some pig meat for a small family Easter celebration. The author was part of that celebration during that time.
Relaxing away beside a bush hurt minding their own business. These people have nothing to worry about except their own comfort and survival in terms of their physical and spiritual well being daily.
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