I never saw masi (or “tapa” – a kind of bark cloth from the Pacific) like THIS one before.
Fact is, I was at a meeting held in a room at the South Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and there were beautiful tapa cloth items on display all around the room. I went around and got a photo of every one that was not hidden under a screen. Some looked Fijian, some looked Tongan (I think I can recognize both) – and many were just SOOOOO different. There are 19 photos, cropped tiny for blog purposes, and I will try to put them up in their display order. If you would like to see a larger photo of any particular one, just let me know.
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eeeeek. That is a tiny little eek for a very very tiny spider.
Akka saw this on his hand and said it had long legs and red spots. I could hardly see the spider, but Akka got proof with his photo.
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I KNOW you want to know about the oven…..
First use was Kiki grilling sausages over the chimney.
Second use was baking buns. Verdict: needed more coals.
Third use was as a kiln. Hot enough! Those figurines are fired!
(I won’t mention the oven again unless somebody finally makes pizza…)
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This is just for pretty.
We had another Holy Day in the middle of the night….
And THIS was the Pavillion at dawn. Awwww……
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It’s not much of a photo –
– but we’ve had crowds of people outside the hardware stores every day for the last few weeks. They aren’t waiting for the store to open: it is already open. Black Friday? NO, there is no sale going on. Protests? No, not at all!
What is going on is a hunk of government assistance – “farm care” and “home care” to the places hit by the floods and hurricane. The hardware stores have more business than they can handle – so they let customers come in 20 at a time only. First time I’ve ever seen this.
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The Fijian Word of the Week is
voli – to buy
volivoli – to sell
dau volivolitaki – vendor
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Happy week everybody. Mo mamarau tiko!
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