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| | | Article Card: | | Title: | Ships and Navigation in the Rightarm Islands | | Identifier: | 50 | | Created on: | 2004-03-15 at 10:43 | | Created by: | Eliane Jaulmes | | Modified on: | 2004-03-15 at 10:43 | | Modified by: | Eliane Jaulmes | | Credits : | | | Abstract: | The article describes the use of boats and pirogues in the Rightarm Islands. | | Contributors: | Jérôme Blondel (author), Jean-Michel Armand (proofreader), Philippe Sigaud (proofreader), Edern Rio (proofreader), Eliane Jaulmes (translator) | | Subjects: | economy, Rightarm Islands, society | | Keywords: | barge, bird, boat, Diros, economy, fish, fisherman, fishing, giant turtle, guardian being, island, merchant, navigation, oar, Pelaskite, Pelaskos, pirogue, Rightarm Islands, Rozgali, sail, sailboat, sculpture, ship, society, statue, wind | | See also: | Life in a Pelaskite village(42%), Fishing and Picking in the Rightarm Islands(42%), The Admiral and the Priestess in the Rightarm Islands(27%), Trade and Exchange in the Rightarm Islands(23%), Occupation Keywords for the Rightarm Islands(19%), Role of the Wise Ones in the Pelaskite society(19%), Landmarks in the Shadow Plateau(15%), The inhabitants of the islands(15%), The five great bloodlines of the Shadow Plateau(15%), The village council in the Righarm Islands(15%) | | Appears in: | - |  |
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| | Due to the near lack of wind, most of the ship are operated with oars and the sails are required only for those fishing on the outside sea. Wide pirogues cut in tree trunks from the dry are used by the marsh fishermen, while merchants cover the bay with flat-bottomed barges. Only those living near the deep-sea possess sailboats. They build lots of them, for at the deep-sea fishing season men come from the whole archipelago gather to confront the waves of Rozgali, the outside sea. They worship Diros above all others and believe that their islands are giant sleeping turtles.
The Pelaskites spend a lot of time decorating their boats. Once more, this is a collective task: each offers his personal touch, and no two ships are identical in the way of sculptures and multicoloured sails. Their common point is the bird statues erected at the stern, and the painted eyes on each side of the prow. These are the eyes of Pelaskos surveying the sea, looking for fish. The statues represent the birds protecting the fishermen and leading them back to the shore when the sun is setting, to bring the fish to their families.
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