Legacy Tuvalu - The Footprint on Funafuti |
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| Copyright © Jocelyn Carlin 2004 |
| Every year on November 25 Vaitupu people celebrate the final payment of an historical kaitalafou or debt of 13,000 pounds in 1883 to rogue palagi traders. This year the outer-islanders gather with relatives now living on Funafuti for feasting, sports, games, singing - and a fishing competition. The losers of the competition were caked with mud by the victors as per tradition then gaily scorned while they were soaking themselves clean in the lagoon. |
| Other Galleries in this exhibition | |
| Pacific | Kiribati 09 | Environmental Stories from the Pacific Region | Pacific News -Tonga | Pacific News - Tonga2 | Another War Story | Tuvalu | Legacy Tuvalu - The Footprint on Funafuti | American Samoa and Samoa | Solomon Islands | Nauru/Kiribati/Fiji |