Currency as Cultural Craft: Shell Money
The traditional currency of the Pacific Islands is shell money; beautiful strings of painstakingly carved discs of shell which are strung together to make ‘tafuliae’.
Read MoreThe traditional currency of the Pacific Islands is shell money; beautiful strings of painstakingly carved discs of shell which are strung together to make ‘tafuliae’.
Read MoreTraditional Polynesian navigation was used for thousands of years to make long voyages across thousands of miles of the vast, unexplored Pacific Ocean.
Read MoreLap-lap is made from grated vegetables such as manioc, taro or yam which are soaked in coconut milk to form a paste.
Read MoreThe Goroka show is partly a tourist event, but it’s a rare opportunity for travellers to experience the customs of over a hundred tribes that populate the Papua New Guinea highlands. During the course of the weekend the tribes gather for music, dancing, showing-off and extraordinary displays of tribal rituals.
Read MoreEuropean exploration of the Pacific Ocean was non-existent until the early 16th Century as Portuguese traders thrived on its western edges.
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