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posted by [personal profile] elanya at 02:04pm on 19/09/2009 under ,
I was checking a reference chain for something in an article I am writing, and have fallen in fst love with the southeastern Moluccas.

Their social organization is based on conceiving of each household as a ship crew. The interior arrangement of the houses is spatially arranged like a ship, the houses are oriented as a ship sailing following the sun, and spaces are even named after ship spaces/crew positions. The houses even look like ships. And they have ship art! Family ship flags! Essentially, from what i can tell, they are pretty much the epitome and ideal example of my definition of a maritime community and then some @_@

And then the Ducth came and ruined everything ;p

I need a boat icon.

ETA: their ships have vaginas! Keel + garboard strakes = ship vagina. You know, ships are kind of vaginal in shape when viewed from above - why has this never occured to me before? Am I really dense?

ETA 2: why is this book $300 used? ;_;
Mood:: 'enthralled' enthralled
location: home - study
Music:: Steeleye Span - Peace On The Border
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posted by [identity profile] bessemerprocess.livejournal.com at 08:30pm on 19/09/2009
That is AWESOME. (I trolled stock icon comms for my ship icon, or, you could go ask for one over at fandom free for all (http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/422866.html).
 
posted by [identity profile] earis.livejournal.com at 09:34pm on 19/09/2009
The Ducth?

Also, duh ships are vaginal. Haven't you ever heard the euphemisms for the clitoris like "The tiller" or the "Steersman" or the "Man standing in the boat."

Although why the clitoris is male, I'll never know.
 
posted by (anonymous) at 12:18am on 20/09/2009
I really prefer to think of the keel as phallic and the remainder of the hull being somewhat vaginal... one really is of no use without the other. Come on people, think of the world (as ships, houses) as something more than gender specific

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