In this activity, students will construct a karuru: a traditional, temporary shelter used by the tupuna of the atolls.
The karuru are built entirely of natural materials found on the motu.
This activity was inspired by: "Material Culture in the Tuamotu Archipelago 1975" , with many thanks to Kenneth P. Emory, the author. In many of the descriptions of the original items, his prose, so evocative of the era in which it was written, has been copied and quoted.