South Pacific

Magimagi (rope making)

Magimagi can be very coarse like rope or extremely fine like string. It is made only by men. Before the advent of synthetic string,...

Fibre

The use of natural fibres in Fijian culture is so pervasive and ingrained into the very fabric of life in Fiji before contact. Fibres...

Drua

The traditional double-hulled voyaging vessels of Fiji are known as the drua or waqa tabu (sacred boat). An art almost extinct, the origins of...

Basket weaving (tali kato)

Tali kato is the act of weaving traditional baskets in Fiji. The island of Fulaga in Lau, the most southern group of islands of...

Tivaivai

As Polynesian women took charge of fabricating the new items of ceremony and exchange, fabric was given the form of large rectangular patchwork coverlets...