'Timeless Tuvalu' and the role of migration

'Timeless Tuvalu' and the role of migration

29 APRIL 2014

'Timeless Tuvalu' is the country's branding to the world, or at least to the trickle of visitors that arrive every year to the tiny country of 10,000 people. It does indeed feel timeless as I walk the stretch of Fongafale (the main island, on which the capital is located). As I meander the streets in search of adventure, I find small batches of women fanning themselves in a maeba (open air raised huts), hands dripping crimson from the blood pudding they are preparing. We share a plate of taro chips and lie on the mats squinting in the sun.

Click here to read more: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/04/28/Timeless-Tuvalu-migration-climate-change.aspx?COLLCC=1477397367&

Source: The Interpreter

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