VI00000835
Traditional Fishnet, Fiji; Lawa ni Qoli - Buinigone
An endangered ICH in need of urgent safeguarding (only the Tunidau knows the art of net weaving)
A keen to the purse seine nets (modern forms have used nylon) of Guinea: sack-like feature
According to the Tunidau (head fishermen), the Late Asaeli Tabuadrau, the net is over 100yrs old … it undergoes kuvui (smoking) to keep it durable!
It encompasses the iTaukei concept of “solesolevaki” & “veivakaturagataki”
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4.55 minutes
Fiji
2016