kara orovi strip of the sheath of the black wild banana

• • strip of the sheath of the black wild banana
  • • plants

  • • Example 2979:
      

      O kara orovi na kurus maa raara teo veresun. O veresun bona o paru, na dao raara bono orovi. Are paa dee voosu mae, are paa ma kahu e bona kehaa. Kahu vakavara are paa varoava, are paa varoava e ore raka. Be raka, are paa rigunue, matatopo vaa tea vin maata. Are paa oroorovi nio orovi bona teo vonaha.

      The kara orovi we cut off the wild banana plant. This wild banana is black, we call it orovi. Then we carry it home, and then scrape it with a shell. After having scraped it, we put it into the sun so that it dries. When it is dry, we roll it up, preparing for weaving mats. Then we weave this orovi into the mat.

      Source: Sii 24W 052-060

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• See also:
  • oroorovi² weave black patterns into a mat using black banana sheaths.
  • orovi black wild banana sheath; the inside is scraped out thoroughly leaving a very thin flexible soft black sheath which is dried and split into strips and then used for weaving designs in mats, armbands, belts; woven together with strips of pandanus leaves
  • vonaha mat made of pandanus leaves
  • oroorovi¹ decoration with black ribbons