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Sa-Er / Fr. Vincent Cole lifts and erects a pole with the help of people of Sa-Er, inscribed with the names of the baptised Asmat children. The pole is carved by a group of Asmat wowiwir (carvers).
Over 100 children in all of Asmat died in February 2018 due to measles, diarrhoea, and malnutrition.