Village Life, Vanuatu

Village life for men evolves around subsistance farming and fishing whilst the women stay mostly at home, weaving mats, tending children and cooking the food. In Melanesia, women are generally subservient to men, whilst in Polynesia men and women have equal status.
The coconut in the Pacific is considered the tree of life. It gives food, drink and sweets, provides shelter in roofing, has a great source of fire in its husk, gives exceptionally strong sinew for tying things together, and the leaf makes for brooms, baskets, hats and fans. In more recent times its oil has been sought for sopas and perfumes and can combsut providing a clean fuel for engines.
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