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Stitching together friendships – Vainetini in good and bad times

Saturday 27 May 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Art, Features

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Stitching together friendships –  Vainetini in good and bad times
The Vaimaanga Vainetini women celebrate the completion of their tivaivai, pareu and auiri pareu project. MELINA ETCHES/23052519

Tuitui (sewing), creating tivaivai and textile crafts is a time for sharing. It is a communal activity when women gather to share, to build friendships, to talk and share a meal while working on their designs. Melina Etches reports.

Tuitui (sewing), creating tivaivai and textile crafts is a time for sharing. It is a communal activity when women gather to share, to build friendships, to talk and share a meal while working on their designs. Melina Etches reports.


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