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DINANGATS PROCLAIM JESUS' BIRTH

DINANGATS PROCLAIM JESUS' BIRTH

Dinangat worship team praising the Lord.

December 25, 2008

by Dena McMaster

Dinangat believers in Papua New Guinea are proclaiming a Christmas message to anyone who will listen: "Jesus left his beautiful place and came to this earth for all of us."

Missionaries Gary and Esther Smith and family are delighted to know that the Dinangats now have a clear understanding of the reason for Christ's coming to earth.

As a family the Smiths got together and wrote "The 12 days of Papua New Guinea Christmas"

On the first day of Christmas my wantok (close friend) gave to me,

• A bird in a buai tree (Buai is the number one thing to chew here.)


• 2 turtle shells


• 3 kakaruks (chickens)


• 4 howling dogs


• 5 squealing pigs (in this culture this is as valuable as 5 golden rings)


• 6 gators a laying


• 7 kau-kaus cooking (sweet potatoes -- staple food)


• 8 mothers nursing


• 9 kundus beating (Kundus are drums.)


• 10 mu-mus steaming (a cooking method used at big feasts.)


• 11 ladies planting


• 12 men sing-singing (traditional dance that is very much like lords a leaping)

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