Writing Prompt: Island Magic
Islanders from the Papua New Guinea region, with lives full of magic and cricket.
Our first prompt for June part of our Armchair Traveller theme:
Pacific Islands of Paradise
The Trobriand people are a horticulturalist people who live in traditional settlements in the Trobriand Islands.
Their social structure is based on matrilineal clans that control land and resources. People participate in the regional circuit of exchange of shells called kula, sailing to visit trade partners on seagoing canoes.
Author’s Aside:
I either read (or had a fever dream) about master sailors and their exploits.
Braving the wild tropical oceans on humble crafts purely to exchange ancient necklaces and win prestige and status…