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The material culture of Tuvalu uses traditional design elements in artifacts used in everyday life such as the design of canoes and fish hooks made from traditional materials. The design of women's skirts ( titi ) and tops ( teuga saka ), that are used in performances of the traditional dance songs of Tuvalu , represents contemporary Tuvaluan ...
Tuvaluan man in traditional costume drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841 during the United States Exploring Expedition.. Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans on 16 January 1568, during the voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer and cartographer, who sailed past the island of Nui, and charted it as Isla de Jesús (Spanish for "Island of Jesus").
By 1939, some of the other districts of Tuvalu had embraced the Putu Lama tradition. Men meant to be working on Banaba were sent to Nanumea to wait for the ships that would take them to Banaba, but the ships were delayed by the Japanese invasion of Banaba. Those men would take part in the Te Po o Tefolaha celebrations, and bring Putu Lama back ...
Pages in category "Culture of Tuvalu" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agriculture in Tuvalu;
Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) [7] is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north ...
The reef islands and atolls of Tuvalu are identified as being part of West Polynesia. During pre-European-contact times there was frequent canoe voyaging between the islands as Polynesian navigation skills are recognised to have allowed deliberate journeys on double-hulled sailing canoes or outrigger canoes. [1]
The cuisine of Tuvalu, a state in the Central Pacific , is based on the staple of coconut and the many species of fish found in the ocean and the lagoons of the atolls of Tuvalu. Pulaka, (cyrtosperma merkusii), or swamp taro, is an important source of carbohydrates. Rice now forms an important part of the diet.
Women in Tuvalu continue to maintain a traditional Polynesian culture within a predominantly Christian society. Tuvaluan cultural identity is sustained through an individual's connection to their home island. [1] In the traditional community system in Tuvalu, each family has its own task, or salanga, to perform for the community. The skills of ...