GIFTS FOR FIRE GOD
NATIVES TRY TO APPEASE VOLCANO NEW HEBRIDES CUSTOMS Converted from cannibalism, tb* ! natives of Ambrym in the Ne» I Hebrides spend their time in dodging earthquakes and raising coconuts with which to appease the fire god of the volcano Bembow. Ambrym is only fifty mileg in o* l ' cumference, and its mountainous surface is much occupied by four volcanoes, with sixteen craters. However, it is pointed out that only Bernbow explodes often and with accompanying quaking of the earth, while Marum has not erupted since 19U, and another fire mountain on the south-west point was active last 1:1 ! ISBS. Tevin has not smoked for | thousands of years.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 2
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111GIFTS FOR FIRE GOD Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 2
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