Motuan Pride

Tattoos are part of our identity it is the female that do the tattooing. All Motuan have different tattooing pattern , that we can identify which motuan village they come from . Leg Tattooing Arm Tattoos Back Tattooing

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...