Who is God and who is Jesus to the Mengens.

It is true that evangelization was introduced to many parts of the world by early missionaries. They came from all over the world just to teach the word of God to those who are still living in the darkness. We accept those missionaries and we were later baptised and now we say we belong to God. It was through the remarkable efforts of these early missionaries that Christianity became the foundation of our faith. These early missionaries did not come into a country like Papua New Guinea without facing challenges. There were challenges they had faced and some did face their fates in Papua New Guinea. They were killed just because the whole bulk of population they encountered did not accept the newly introduced teachings about God. They had very hard times here in most of the places in Papua New Guinea when trying to establish their missionary obligations in the beginning.
Their rejection to the newly introduced teachings about God was based on their way of life (culture). It was found to them as a contradicting practice that would hinder their traditional ways of living. The early missionaries taught tirelessly about God the Father and Jesus the Son. In other words they taught the natives that the superior being who made heaven and earth is God. The Father of all creations . Jesus was the only son of God who died to save us from our sins. Therefore, finally Christianity was well received by many and God the Father and Jesus the son became their foundation in faith.
Therefore, where do Mengens stand here? If God the Father and Jesus the son were both introduced by the early missionaries? Well before the missionaries came to Pomio District in Papua New Guinea the people already knew God the Father and Jesus the son. Actually both the name God and Jesus were later introduced to them. They already knew God the Father by the name of Nutu Evolau and Jesus the son by the name of Nutu Esina. Those were the two names they were using instead of God and Jesus.
Okay now let me explain to you these two names. The word Nutu to the Mengens it means God. As you can see the word Nutu is found with both names. Next the word Evolau to the Mengens, it means Big. And finally the word Esina it means small. If you happen to put together their meanings in English you shall see this.

Big God refers to God the Father and Small God refers to Jesus Christ the son.

English version________Mengens version

*God the Father----------Nutu Evolau (meaning - Big God)
*Jesus the Son------------Nutu Esina (meaning - Small God)

To find out more about the Mengens and their art of religion you can look for the book "We the people" written by a Catholic priest by the name of Tim O'Neil who came as a missionary and worked among the Mengen people. In his book" we the people "initially refers to the Mengen people. The book will give you some clues about the Mengens religion and way of life.
That's enlightening and when we meet again I will touch the practice of circumcision by the Mengens. Bye for now.