Sepik
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the origin story of the Iatmul peoples, who live along the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, the world was a primal sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2022
He was raised the son of a police officer in the province of East Sepik, which he went on to represent in Parliament.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021
Efron had previously posted images on social media showing him in a canoe on PNG’s Sepik River and travelling to Yanchan Village to see a traditional skin-cutting ceremony.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019
Efron had previously posted images on social media showing him in a canoe on PNG’s Sepik River and traveling to Yanchan Village to see a traditional skin-cutting ceremony.
From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2019
He tells me a local creation myth suggests the Sepik people descend from the crocodile and emerged from the river as humans to walk on land.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2018
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