Traditional Fishnet, Fiji; Lawa ni Qoli - Buinigone
An endangered ICH in need of urgent safeguarding (only the Tunidau knows the art of net weaving)\n\nA keen to the purse seine nets (modern forms have used nylon) of Guinea: sack-like feature\n\nAccording to the Tunidau (head fishermen), the Late Asaeli Tabuadrau, the net is over 100yrs old … it undergoes kuvui (smoking) to keep it durable!\n\nIt encompasses the iTaukei concept of “solesolevaki” & “veivakaturagataki”
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Fiji
2016-05-27