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Explains how community makers choose suitable hardwood near water, cut and position the trunk, mark the correct top and water-facing end, and hollow the hull using tools such as an adze or curved adze. Covers clan-specific carving and painting, smoking canoes to reduce insects, and final launching to prepare boats for carrying people and goods.","Building Canoes in Gulf  \nSchool Journal Senior 1, 2009-V1 .1  \nEnglish How To  \nIn our place near Kikori in Gulf Province, there are no roads. There are very few tracks,and the villages don't have air strips. How do we get from village to village?  \nThe delta region where we live is covered with rivers and channels. These are our roads and tracks. And canoes and dinghies are our cars and PMV's.  \nYou can't build a car, and if you haven't got money you can't buy one. But we can build a canoe, and it doesn't cost us anything.  \nUrumi is an expert canoe builder. He is passing on his skills to the young men so that they will be able to build their own canoes.  \nYou have to choose the right kind of tree. A hard wood like  \nIt is best to choose a tree that is growing close to the water, or where it can be dragged downhill to the water.  \nFirst you cut the buttress roots at the base. The base of the trunk is always the front of the canoe. Then you chop the tree down, or cut it down with a chainsaw. You cut off the trunk at the length you want, drag it to the river, and float it to your village.  \nThe next stage is to mark it out. Which will be the top, and which will be the part that goes in the water. An expert like Urimi can tell just by looking at the log. If you make a wrong decision, you may find that your canoe leans one way or the other, or won’t go straight.  \nAn adze or chainsaw is used to flatten the top, then you start hollowing with a curved adze. This is a long slow job. When it is done, you roll the canoe over and smooth the outside.  \nEach clan has its own special design that they carve and paint on the canoe. Anyone from the region whosees the canoe will know straightaway which clan it belongs to. Then they smoke the canoe with burning coconut fronds. This is to kill insects  \nThis is the job of the canoe maker's uncles. The canoe maker must prepare food for the uncles — the bigger or more important the canoe, the bigger the feast.  \nThe canoe is pushed into the water. It floats straight and true! 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