The material referenced by this page was carefully transcribed from taped interviews with Yan Hukunala using the orthography I developed during my time as a missionary in Buru. None of it has yet been translated into English or Indonesian. Any help to do so would be much appreciated.
Fina mbanat, or things surrounding the giving of birth.
Fina banroin, or things surrounding the post-partum period.
Some clarifications by Berglund.
Betun, or using a knotted string to set appointments.
Bismaqin, a kind of spirit that can create signs to tell of the death of a friend.
Botin -- why pregnant Buru women descend to bath in the cascading streams in the early morning.
Meh bulen grass preserves thatch from insects.
Toho wae, or clitorectomy and circumcision.
The efficacy of the ka lah daqal.
How Edi lost his magical powers by becoming a Christian but ultimately received greater blessings from God.
Why pregnant women fold eflilin kernels into their clothing.
Enheset used as a shield against black magic.
How to use enlefa to have sex with sleeping girls without waking their parents.
Joining a settlement or coming to live somewhere by eplulit.
Esnara land possession.
The marvelous etroge and prayers to Sanane.
How to prepare exboo for food.
Avoiding sex with women to become exdisa.
Exmolit name taboos.
Faf aba tubers as emergency food.
The faf sanat pig.
The fakal tree.
The toxic fiha, or wild taro.
Finaro, or women.
Fulano, or the months of the Buru calendar.
The marvelous edible fungii of the Buru forest.
Tofo futan, or paying a man for having gotten caught having sex with his wife.
Harta, or bride price.
The magic of the katibegal.
The fafu ka tutux bana for virgins, and how it cannot be gotten when women have hidden past sexual affairs.
The special kusat cut of pork.
Washing one's face with meh lodat in order to obtain something from a friend.
Using lopo magic to separate children from their parents without emotional pain.
The things that must be sacrificed in order to worship Maleka Fat Sia, and the dangers associated with this worship.
The cry of the invisible manoko bird in the mountains and its associated tale.
The natural history of the edible midun grub.
The mura firstfruit ritual.
Nau magic to obtain a yes or no answer.
The oko panan after sex with a newly wed wife.
Omqaut leaves used as magic to make children grow up to be clever with their tongues.
The paqfaat "keep out" sign or device.
Sagulit, the game of riddles.
Sanane, tutelary god of wild game.
Katatix sefe magic to be used when summoned by an outraged person of power.
The man, Segel, is appointed to be the holder of the old military magic in order to use it in case the people of Buru are attacked and find themselves unprotected by modern religion.
Buru methods to improve both male and female sexual performance.
The sihit, or hunting taboo.
How to dig up sima tubers without making them bitter.
Denigrating sindir verses.
The difficult problem of female breasts, or sosoro.
Attracting girls using tiflitit magic.
Tracking an enemy down and killing him using tilboit magic.
The natural history of the tonal, or phalanger.
How to fish with tuba poison.
Waskikit applied as medicine to boils.
Wastafat as hair tonic.
Payment of the watahit, or price of meat fed to a girl when she was a child.