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"Camakau of Fiji"
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Throughout Polynesia the traditional sailing canoes have been replaced by boats with outboard engines; but the single-hulled outrigger camakau (pronounced "thamakau") still exists in the Lau Islands of Fiji. During the fuel shortage of 1973 these vessels served for subsistence fishing and transportation.

Page 17, Voyagers

Words and Images excerpted from Voyagers by Herb Kawainui Kane.

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