Maewo has similar traditions to the US when it comes to marriage, like a church service and cake. But there are also customs that make us unique, like the custom dances that follow the cutting of the cake.
This is the village of Naone doing a style of custom dance unique to their village.
Here is the northern Maewo mother's union doing a women's custom dance.
This is Peace Corps volunteer Steve, who lives on the east side of Maewo, joining in on his village's custom dance. Because he "made custom" which involves killing a pig, he is allowed to join the dance. There are still certain leaves that he is not allowed to wear though because he has only killed one pig. The more pigs you kill, and the longer teeth that they have, the more important you are in the community and thus, the more leaves you can wear in dances like these.
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