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We went to cut grass skirts today. Well, I didn’t do any of the cutting because its scary. The grass actually comes from a young palm frond of the sago tree. They cut the shoot then open it and skin the new leaves and dry them. Cutting the shoots its scary work though. The sago tree has huge needles three inches long running up the trunk and tiny needles on the skin of the shoot. Our Waspapa was on branch propped up against one of these trees and he fell down! We ran and saw him lying on the ground and holding his shoulder. Luckily its not broken. He lied on the ground for a while and then he started praying! He was praying and thanking God for saving him. (the picture is of the food you can make from a sago tree)