"The sun and the moon are two twin Ancestor Spirits, possessing the great spirit of spirituality. The sun is the day and summer, the dry and warm land Ancestor Spirit. The moon is the night and winter, the rainy and cold underwater Ancestor Spirit... They chase from the land rising and falling into the sea, making summer days long and winter nights also long..."
In the round-domed huts of the Kus people, fleet leaders sit around the hearth, eating stewed salmon soup while listening to village elder Wokey singing the myths and epics of the Kus Tribe. Although everyone could not understand Elder Wokey's chanting due to the language barrier, these old and poignant epics, with their deep and hoarse narration, carried a strangely reassuring feeling.
