{"id":606,"date":"2021-04-05T06:03:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T06:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/?p=606"},"modified":"2021-04-12T02:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T02:31:17","slug":"fish-basket-sepik-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/fish-basket-sepik-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish basket (Sepik River, PNG)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/10_catching_fish-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1523\"\/><figcaption><em>Kwoma women catching fish during dry season, in Tongujamb, 2015.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, the dry season came earlier on the Middle Sepik. The drought shrank the wide, dark water lakes to small ponds, and narrowed the channels that connect the inland villages with the Sepik River.<br>One day, I saw women gathering with enthusiasm at the almost dry creek with their fishnet baskets. I took my camera and join the party. After a bath in muddy water, many left home with their baskets empty. But it seemed that nothing could change their good mood.<br>Catching fish is, usually, a collective activity. It\u2019s not so much about sharing the catch, but about sharing the fish from the water body which belongs to the community. And at the Kwoma people, catching fish with the basket (called <em>umben<\/em>) or with the fishnet (a modern acquisition) is a women job. Men spear the fish.<br>Photos from Tongujamb, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dgwt-justified-gallery\"><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-606 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/01_catching_fish\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/01_catching_fish-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/02_catching_fish\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/duba.ro\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/02_catching_fish-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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