Tuluni

How many pigs to buy?

What size and cost?

Amishi or Avi?

Which village will offer the best quality and the best price?

Who shall get the head?

Who will donate how much?

Chief Guest or no Chief Guest?

Whom can we call to be the festival father?

What shall we give him?

Azuta or angu or both or azuto?

How many groups shall we form, what names shall we choose?

Dead or alive? Christian or animists? Man or woman?

How many in a group?

Who shall head each group?

Which traditional sports shall we play?

Which lejo leh shall we sing?

Which leshe shall we recite?

How many for the fats-biting competition?

Both young and old?

How many bamboos for the climbing competition?

How much should be put in the pouches?

What about men's war dance and women's dance?

Ah! Puxakukuxu, itsakeu and ashekushu as well.

What's the prize money?

Hey! maybe a non-local game too. Ping pong.

What's the entrance fee?

Who will print the program?

Who will pray?

What about the son-in-law hosting play?

Who's going to explain the meaning of Tuluni?

How many pieces of firewood per house?

Who's going to do the shopping?

Who will be the cashier?

It's one big pig and one big cow!

Who shall kill and distribute the Tuluni meat?

Who will cook which meat?

Who's in-charge of rice and greens and chutney?

How many bags of rice?

What about fish?

Who's going to serve the guests?

Dig the holes for the the bamboo-climbing competition

Drape the tent with traditional shawls and amini jeli

Arrange the chairs

divide the groups and assign a dish each

Cook some meat now and dry the rest for tomorrow

Wrap the gifts and prizes

Choose the jewellery and clothes

Wake up at 5:00Am

This Tuluni will be a long day!