Moro and the Weather Coast : a revitalization movement in the Solomon Islands / Gülbün Çoker O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Çoker, Gülbün, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Ritual Studies Monograph Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nativistic movements--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal--History.

Nativistic movements.

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--History.

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands).

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--Social life and customs.

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxi, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2022]

Summary:

"A political movement known to its own adherents as "Moro Movement," "Moro Company," or "Kastom Company" started on the southern coast of Guadalcanal, the largest island in the Solomon Islands of the southwest Pacific, around 1957. It came on the heels of another movement known in the anthropological literature as "Marching Rule" or "Maasina Rule" or "Maasina Ruru" that was based on the island of Malaita, which is about a hundred kilometers northeast of Guadalcanal. The fieldwork lasted twelve months, from November 1965 through October 1966, at a time when the Movement had somewhat revitalized following a hiatus of some years. For most of the year, the author lived in the Movement's headquarters, the village of Makaruka, with side trips to other settlements. This study is primarily a record of one specific political movement. It does not analyze the data in terms of a particular theoretical framework; it is a sociological and historical description of one area's reaction to a changed way of life brought about by the dominance of Europeans"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Setting

The Solomon Islands

Guadalcanal

Intervillage Relations

Personal Relations

2. Descent Groups: Clans and Lineages

3. Subsistence

Land Tenure

Subsistence and Land Use

The Daily Diet

The Gardens

4. Economic Activities

Ownership and Exchange of Property

Inheritance

Economic Exchanges

Wage Labor

5. Beliefs and Ritual

Humans and Other Beings

Peyo Rituals

Relations of Humans and Tarunga

Privately Owned Rituals

Sickness, Death, and Sorcery

6. Historical Background

Contacts up to World War II

Administration until World War II

The War and the Solomon Islands

Political Movements Preceding Moro

7. Moro Movement

Involvement in Maasina Rule and Marau-Hauba Council

The Emergence of Moro

Ideological Basis for the Movement

8. Organization and Projects

Organization of the Movement

Membership: Joining and Attrition

Activities/Projects: Until 1966

Activities/Projects in 1966

Factions and Conflicts

Revisionism: Deviations in Dogma and Practice

9. External Relations of the Company

Protectorate Government and Guadalcanal Council

Missions

European Contacts

10. Moro's Leadership

Culture Change Brought About by the Movement

Conclusion

Epilogue

Maps

Map 1 Islands within the Protectorate

Map 2 Traditionally named areas on Guadalcanal which are familiar to Veuru Moli residents

Map 3 Moro Movements areas on Guadalcanal

Appendices

Appendix 1 Drawing by Moro of His Vision

Appendix 2 Drawing by Panda of His Vision

Appendix 3 Text of the Special Newsletter

Appendix 4 Information on Mr. Brian of Rere'

Appendix 5 Description of the Kastom House in Makaruka

Appendix 6 Text of the Message Given to the High Commissioner by Moro

Appendix 7 Group Movements to Makaruka in 1966.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: O'Connor, Gülbün Çoker. Moro and the Weather Coast

ISBN:

9781531022419

1531022413

OCLC:

1286070269