Streszczenie
Although it is surprising, many tribes and nations have no idea of what could be called the evolution of the world or the evolution of society, an example being the Trobriand Islands. Bronisław Malinowski, who spent there four years (1915-1918), wrote that any idea of epochs in time is absent from their mind; the past is one vast storehouse of events, and the line of demarcation between myth and history does not coincide with any division into definite and distinct periods of time. It reminds of Augustinian views on the present including our memory, sight and expectation. In spite of Kiriwinan folklore, only the Bible translation is the beginning of literary history on the Trobriand Islands, for Buki Pilabumaboma is the first book in Kiriwinan.