karl,
The only information in PF Encyclopedia (PFE) about the chanting is that it was performed by
The Magupa Tribe.
Radiochair got that info out before me. :smile:
On Google (www.google.com):
Found a "Frank
Magupa" having something to do with treating blindness in Africa.
A book by Grahame C. Martin,
Headhunter (
http://www.genesis.net.au/~gmartin/headhunter/ ) claims:
These savage men live for murder and revenge.
Their lives are dominated by fear, hatred and lust.
Women are stolen, beaten and raped.
Teenagers are put through cruel initiation rites.
Children are kidnapped.
Whole villages are massacred.
And human heads are prized trophies ...
Violence grows and spreads, until two Christians arrive.
This book reads like a dramatic novel, but the characters are real - it is their story.
Strangely enough, neither Google nor "Ask Jeeves" returned anything on
Magupa other than Frank Magupa as mentioned earlier, and the only Papua New Guinean headhunters listed anywhere are the
Dani (a grouping of several distinct tribes - perhaps the Magupa are among these, if not extinct), the
Yali and the
Asmat.
"Curiouser and curiouser", said Alice.
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Just thought...you'd like to know.