One of my teacher’s Father-In-Law passed away on Monday. It was expected but still an event in the village. I was taking an itinerate special education teacher to the airstrip yesterday and I passed the son and his mom coming from the airstrip, so I knew the body had arrived from Bethel. As I got closer to the airstrip I saw a procession of four wheelers coming towards me at a slow speed. I pulled into one of the pull out on the board walk and got off the four-wheeler and waited as they passed. The lead four-wheeler was towing a trailer with the coffin on it. Four grandkids were riding on the trailer with the coffin and then the rest of the family were al behind it. After they passed I went on to the airstrip where I meet my teacher. She had waited to leave until after the body left. They took the body to their house where it will lay in viewing for a couple of days and then the will have a funeral service. His son is the pastor at one of the local churches so it should be well attended. We will turn school out early so everyone can attend that wants to.
Each night a loud horn sounds for curfew, but when an elder passes everything stops, they do not have curfew, kids run wild all night, it is almost like a festive attitude after the body arrived. We were fishing till about 10 p.m. last night and as I walked home parents were out looking for their kids, I directed them down to the river because they were all down there playing while we were fishing. I caught two more lush fish (burbot) about 15 more and we will have enough for a fish fry. Off to work and then to Bethel for more training.
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