Tribewanted: Vorovoro

Dear Tribe,

Apologies for not writing sooner, and I understand my first post had some techincal difficulties. It’s tough to drag oneself away from paradise to write, and I’ll be aiming to do a better job this week. It’s been busy, with a wonderful sevusevu for tons of new members, Tui Mali even taking up our hula hoops, some inter-village drama around getting us bamboo (thus a last minute trip to Vuo with Pupu and Poasa at low tide replete with mud and all), and fitting in Zaishu silk-screening when we can. We started with the tapa pattern, and everyone is delighted with how they’re coming along.

We’ve had rain and need some dry days to finish up. I have no worried that sun is in our future. We’ve also been painting Tui Mali’s boat, and it launched today, in a gorgeous signal orange. Photos to follow.

I will have more posts soon, I promise, but it’s been a bit mad with spreading the hands on deck and almost 30 members on the island. We also had a small medical emergency with Linda, who collapsed with what seems to be heat exhaustion. A scan in Suva and she’s fine, headed back this afternoon.

Lots to share. More soon.
Moce mada,
Adi Vuata ni Vanua (Chief of the Fruit of the Land)
xx