CLINGING TENACIOUSLY TO TRADITIONS AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF MODERNISATION, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IS PROTECTING A VERY SPECIAL HERITAGE. The bride is draped in shells and carries a coconut; her bridal party, resplendent in grass skirts and tapa-cloth, dance alongside, stroking at imaginary water with wooden oars.
Author: JULIE MILLER
Date: 06/04/16
Publication: Get Up & Go