Weaving - Cresantia Frances Koya-Vaka‘uta

                              Pacific               Women                 Weave

Weaving               woven                 patterns

                                     Pictures                in the                     loom of life

Mosaics                 of culture              and family

My grandmother wove pandanus leaves

My mother wove fabric

I weave words and sound of chanting dreams

My daughters will weave

in a computer digital age

Of webbed complexities

continuing to weave

on the age long tradition

Of Pacific women weaving stories

Of who we are

And who we chose to be

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Cresantia Frances Koya-Vaka‘uta (20th century) Fiji

Source: Weaving Rainbows in Oceania: Multiculturalism in Pacific Education, in: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies Vol 24 (2) Dec. 2002

• Pandanus is a palm-like tree