A Culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.
A Culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.
Usually cut from a hardwood type of iron wood, it has a broad blade and was used by chiefs or priests to deflect arrows during war. [1] [2]
Peter Dombrovskis was an Australian photographer, known for his Tasmanian scenes. In 2003, he was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame, the first Australian photographer to achieve that honour.
A Lali is an idiophonic Fijian drum of the wooden slit drum type similar to the Tahitian Pate of Tahiti and Samoa found throughout Polynesia. It was an important part of traditional Fijian culture, used as a form of communication to announce births, deaths and wars. A smaller form of the Lali drum is used in music. Lali drums are now used to call the people of an area together, such as church services; the Lali is also used to entertain guests at many hotel resorts. The Lali drum is made out of wood and played with hands but, is most commonly played with sticks which are made out of softer wood so as not to damage the Lali. Historically, a larger and smaller stick were used together when playing the Lali.
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The Ula or I Ula Tavatava is a throwing war club from Fiji.
The Gata or Gata waka is a war club from Fiji.
A Sali or Cali or Tebetebe is a war club from Fiji.
A bulibuli or vunikau bulibuli is a Fijian war club.
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