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Narave Pig
The Narave or Naravé pig is a type of domestic pig native to northern Vanuatu. Narave pigs are pseudohermaphrodite (intersex) male individuals that are kept for ceremonial purposes. Etymology The term ''narave'' is from Bislama, with the common Oceanic artice ''na-''. Clark (2009) reconstructs Proto- North-Central Vanuatu ''*raβʷe'' ‘hermaphrodite pig, intersex pig’. Reflexes documented in Clark (2009) include Mota ''rawe'' ‘an hermaphrodite pig, female’; Raga ''ravwe'' ‘hermaphrodite (usually of pig)’; Nokuku ''rawe'' ‘boar’ (MacDonald 1889), ''rav'' ‘intersex pig’ (Clark 2005–2007 field notes); Vara Kiai ''rave''; Tamambo ''ravue''; Sakao ''e-re'' ‘intersex pig’; Suñwadaga ''na-raghwe''; Araki ''dave''; Vao ''na-rav'' ‘intersex pigs’, ''bò-rav'' ‘sow’. François (2021) documents Araki ''rave'' ¾aβe‘hermaphrodite pig, of great customary value’. Endocrinology In the pigs, deficiency of the mitochondrial cytochrome P450 enzym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesians, Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island, EspÃritu Santo, in 1606. Queirós claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies and named it . In the 1880s, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom claimed parts of the archipelago, and in 1906, they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through an Anglo-French condominium (international law), condominium. An independence movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |