THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF "NPUNPUN."
SENYA HISTORY AND CULTURE TIPS By B.I.C. Abeiku Okai THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF "NPUNPUN." Npunpun - Akumase Ritual Food "Npunpun" is the name of the Akumase ritual food eaten by the people of Senya in August every year. It is a steam food made from unleaven corn. And it is served with palm-nut soup and only fresh fish from the ocean. Thus traditionally "npunpun" is never eaten with smoked or fried fish or any kind of meat apart from fresh fish from the ocean. The name "npunpun" takes its root from the Senya word, "pun", which means redeem. Thus if a Senyan says, "m'apun mi wo", he actually means "I am going to redeem myself." And in modern times the word, "pun" is usually used when one is graduating from aprenticeship by paying the full price to be redeemed from the h