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Eritabeta (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
wow great video! love it! go kiribati!
sweetneta (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
yeap, they are very creative, my mum will bake the skirt over rocks and bags for hours and keep it moist with coconut milk, fermented toddy and te kamaimai(syrup from toddy). This is her secret receipe and no one else have it. Sorry can't share as it belong to the family hehehehehe....you will be amazed of how shinny the skirt looks.
Briea22 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I remember this song in the 80's ....My older sister used to dance this...I loved the rythm.Kam tonu!!
Ellykins79 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
another good song! are these people from TSKL? I think I know the lady from this very end - from the second line (back) at the beginning of the dance.
mawhala (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
If its the same pandanus fibre which I'm sure is common around the pacific, then I'm amazed at such technology because i've never seen it so black and shiny it looks just like plastic sheeting, black is merely painted on which is the fashion in Tokelau.
jtione (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Te karoro (roro meaning black) is the name of the skirt and is made from coconut (or maybe pandanus) leaves slowly boiled or baked with ash until black. I've seen them boiled with rusty cans nowadays to get a deeper black. The lustre comes from smothering it with coconut oil. They smell is quite unique bordering on musk and moist chewing tobacco.
mawhala (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Can I ask what the ladies black covering or skirts if you like are made of? |
