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Posted by Amanda_Russell on March 15th, 2007

Hey there, I served on Paama Aelan and in Luganville, Santo. I adopted my son Jason as a baby on Santo in November of 2004. I am looking for kastom stories to tell him, since he is now getting old enough to demand bedtime stories. I’ve got a few that I wrote down while I was in service, but I’d like to expand the number. Any kastom stories would be greatly appreciated. His birth family has sent me a few, and I’m already pestering Wan Smol Bag & the National Cultural Museum on this issue, but after 6months of effort with little result….I figure RPCV’s may be the way to go. Thanks for your help! Email me at: russell_ent@yahoo.com -See a bunch of photos from my service at: http://www.myspace.com/paamagirl

Sincerely, Amanda Russell (Group 16-a) now home in Anchorage, Alaska



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Amanda, see my blog post at http://mistersugar.com/article/3958/dying-language to find Jif Louis Obed singing kastom songs in Paamese, as well as PDF documents about kastom stories blong Paama.

Anton,
More mendela men kamil! Tahaos!!
Thank you so much for the copy of tales from Paama, and the opportunity to hear the language again. I have forgotten so much since leaving.

Amanda