Hiri Lakatoi (Multi -hulled Canoe) Hiri is the name for the traditional trade voyages that formed an important part of the culture of the Motu people of Papua New Guinea . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiri_trade_cycle Origins The Motu live in a comparative rain shadow – the dry season is unusually harsh, and there are not enough suitable areas for the growing of sago ( rabia ). On the other hand, the Motu, unlike most people of Papua New Guinea, were skilled in the art of making clay cooking pots ( uro ). The traditional Hiri voyages carried the much-prized Motu cooking pots to the people of the Gulf of Papua , and brought back plentiful supplies of sago for the Motu. Legend Edai Siabo, from the village of Boera, was returning from a fishing trip when a great eel appeared and dragged him under the water. The eel was really the spirit of the sea. He returned Edai to the surface of the sea, after instructing him to build a great lagatoi ( sailing cano
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