... cross and parallel cousins Marriage and Family Marriage Each man and woman had a series ofobligatory and optional social actions in terms of residence and marriage Marriage traditionally was exogamous, ... periods of only a few years compared to as many as twenty years in the past Today coffee and cocoa are grown as cash crops and are a major cause of the shorter fallow periods Apart from asakua yams ... School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University DONNA WINSLOW Ambae ETHNONYMS: a Bai, Angai Tagaro, Aoba, Butona, Leper's Island, Lombaha, Longana, Nduindui, Oba, Omba, Opa, Waluriki...