Utupua Island is an island in the Santa Cruz Islands, located 66 km to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group, between Vanikoro and Santa Cruz proper. This island belongs administratively to the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
People are so happy
Childrens spend all day to play around
and climb trees to eat nuts and fruits
Kalo helping and teachinghow to repair a solar panel regulator
Specialy for usPeople are preparing traditional ceremony
The ceremony's call "snake dance"
They need to go in the bush to find and cut a
special tree for the ceremoni
Utupua is a high island surrounded by a coral reef.
Its land surface is 69.0 km² and its highest point 380 m.
Utupua has a population of 848 inhabitants (1999 census) scattered in small villages.
The main villages in the island are:
Avita, Malombo, Tanimbili, Apakho and Nembao.
Kind of shells they eat every days
Nature provides many kind of natural paintcan be use for many occasion
For few days all the mans of the village will be busy with all the construtionand the women will go to the garden and organise the coocking for everyone
We enjoy to help and learned
about the culture and traditional way of they life
Kalo eating his favorite kai,
The manioc pudding mixt with coconut milk
made by the women of the village
it's one of the famous dish of the village
very delicious!!
Other yachts come to join us on this amazing placewhere only few boat pass by
Old women can spend one day
or sometimes one week weaving a natte
for the family or at this time for the celebration
Kalo come back , at the sun setwith some freinds,
on the traditional sailing canoe.
Early morning, we are living with our freindsto a traditional fishing trip on the coral reef
They used a speciale leave found in the bushto surroude the fish over 100m circle
Some are diving to catch the fish who are
caught in the leaves
In the afternoon, when they catch enough sea food
for the farewel celebration
we are coming back to the village
The whole village organizes a farewelldancing with many traditional dishes for everyone
Telina Island,Marovo lagoon
Marovo Lagoon
is the largest saltwater lagoon in the world.
It is located in the New Georgia Islands,
north of Vangunu Island,
There are many islands in the lagoon,
some of which are inhabited.
The people live mainly by subsistence agriculture
and fishing and speak the Marovo language.
