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Fijians apologise for ancestors eating English missionary

From Madville.com

Fijian villagers are to offer a traditional apology to the descendants of an English missionary who was killed and eaten 136 years ago.

The Rev Thomas Baker, of the London Missionary Society, was killed by the people of Navatusila in 1867 for taking a comb out of a chief's hair, reports The Pacific Islands News Association.

It was and still is forbidden to touch the head of a chief and he was subsequently cooked and eaten.

The inhabitants of the remote Fiji mountain village believe they have been cursed for what their forefathers did and the district chief has invited Mr Baker's descendants to a ceremony to apologise.

Posted by mikki on October 14, 2003 10:16 PM |

Comments

so, let me get this straight... they were invited to dinner to apologize for having their ancestor FOR dinner... makes sense...

Posted by: Danny | December 25, 2003 03:07 PM

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