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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is my second read. It's a fascinating glimpse of a Papuan culture that will soon be changed forever by contact with our civilisation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah the way the author points out the connection between their destruction myth and the realities of what's going to happen to their culture was really poignant