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The buildings were constructed without nails and were lashed together with a plaited sennitrope that was handmade from dried coconu… A 1560-square-metre pond was built in 1996 on Vaitupu to sustain aquaculture in Tuvalu. >>

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The dishes rely heavily on coconut and coconut milk for flavor, and are usually cooked with fresh fish and seafood.

239 17 0 R] Coconut is used for its juice, to make other beverages and to improve the taste of some dishes. /DocumentID Before Europeans arrived in Tuvalu, the islands were inhabited by Polynesians, who mainly created a society based on fishing the bountiful Pacific Ocean and traveled between the islands by hand-carved, sea faring canoes. Wedding traditions of the different countries. /T1_5 25 0 R Ano is a localised version of volleyball, in which the two hard balls made from pandanus leaves are volleyed at great speed with the team members trying to stop the Ano hitting the ground. /Contents 29 0 R /Parent 3 0 R

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/MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89] Flying fish are caught as a source of food and as an exciting activity, using a boat, a butterfly net and a spotlight to attract the flying fish. Following contact with Europeans iron products were used including nails and corrugated iron roofing material. /0 199 >> /CS1 [/Indexed [/ICCBased 16 0 R] <<

The Tuvaluan style can be described "as a musical microcosm of Polynesia, where contemporary and older styles co-exist". from application/x-indesign to application/pdf /Font << /Length 2473

Fatele is the traditional dance performed to celebrate leaders, and was performed when Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, officially visited Tuvalu in 2012.

Desserts made on the islands include coconut and coconut milk, instead of animal milk.

2020-01-02T14:55:55+01:00 Goods are cheaper and fusis give better prices for their own produce. Tuvalu and FAO Partnering to improve food security and income-earning opportunities Tuvalu and FAO have partnered since the Pacific Island Country joined the Organization in 2003. The traditional foods eaten in Tuvalu are pulaka, taro, bananas, breadfruit and coconut.

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Feeding the entire island is also a common way of asking for communal forgiveness for a transgression (e.g., causing a serious fight). 4 0 obj /PageWidthList << /ExtGState << /PageUIDList << /TrimBox [0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89] application/pdf

proof:pdf Tuvalu participates in the Oceanian Futsal Championship. Under the Falekaupule Act, Falekaupule means "traditional assembly in each island...composed in accordance with the Aganu of each island". /TrimBox [0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89] In 2013, Tuvalu was granted Associate status in the Oceania Continent Handball Federation by the International Handball Federation. Not much is known about the history of the islands prior to European arrival since nothing written was recorded, although evidence at the Caves of Nanumanga suggests there has been human settlement on the islands for many thousands of years.

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The traditional buildings of Tuvalu used plants and trees from the native broadleaf forest, including timber from: Pouka, (Hernandia peltata); Ngia or Ingia bush, (Pemphis acidula); Miro, (Thespesia populnea); Tonga, (Rhizophora mucronata); Fau or Fo fafini, or woman's fibre tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus).and fibre from: coconut; Ferra, native fig (Ficus aspem); Fala, screw pine or Pandanus. Dances are usually performed in falekaupule, which are traditional community halls.

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>> “…raw slices of Pala fish, and a main course of leg of pork and roast chicken, local seafood was served including lobster and fresh clam, while vegetables included local spinach, rolled mashed breadfruit with sweet potato leaf stuffing and pumpkin.For dessert there were banana fritters and fruits from pawpaw to bananas and utanu tao – baked germinating coconut.”

By 1978, it had claimed full independence and had become known by today’s name of Tuvalu.

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The islands of Tuvalu have been inhabited for millennia. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageC] /T1_2 23 0 R >> The church and community buildings are painted with white paint that is known as lase, which is made by burning a large amount of dead coral with firewood. >> 2 0 obj

Coconut palms thrive, and breadfruit trees, pandanus, taro, and bananas are grown. Falekaupule is also used as the name of the council of elders – the traditional decision making body on each island. Two table tennis players attended the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England; Tuvalu entered competitors in shooting, table tennis and weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia; and three athletes participated in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, entering the discus, shot put and weightlifting events.Tuvaluan athletes also participated in the men's and women's 100-metre sprints at the 2009 World Athletic Championships and 2011 World Athletic Championships. /NumberofPages 1 The traditional community system still survives to a large extent on Tuvalu. Each skill set is passed on from parents to children. The skills of a family are passed on from parents to children. Because these islands are isolated, the neighbors' influences are not felt in the Tuvaluan cuisine. endobj /PageUIDList <<

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