{"id":4597,"date":"2013-12-23T18:51:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T23:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatallmayknow.org\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:10:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:10:17","slug":"tigak-island-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tom-carlton\/2013\/12\/23\/tigak-island-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigak Island Fun Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Animals2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A while back, we shared some fun facts about our tiny island in the south pacific via our twitter account- The Carlton Fam @ThatAllMayKnow, and now we want to share them with you! You can check out our latest tweets by following us on twitter or by taking a glance at the sidebar of our website. Also, coming up will be a tweets collection called \u201cThings People Ask For\u201d where I tweeted some of the requests for thing we got in the village during the month before we came home for Iris’ surgery.<\/p>\n

For now, take a look at our Tigak Island Fun Facts<\/strong>, with 3<\/span>\u00a0BONUS<\/span>\u00a0facts at the end never before tweeted. For fun I am including some pics of all different kinds of animals we cross paths with in our lives out there! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Young guys on our island often walk around blaring reggae music. Boombox with cassettes? Nope. Radios with SD Cards.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> We rarely swim on the island not cause we don’t want to but because surrounding it the water is super shallow…& hot. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Our front yard is basically the village playground thanks to a tire swing. Most adults are afraid to swing on it, though.<\/p>\n

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Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Population comprised of 4-5 clans based on matrilineal descent. Clans are identified with an animal, usually a bird.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Main staples include fish, sago and rice. What is sago? Its the insides of the sago palm tree processed and cooked.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> There are 2 little stores on our island that sell crackers, tuna, rice, inst. coffee, creamer, fishing hooks & string.<\/p>\n

\"Animals1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Everyone here depends on rain water, including us, for drinking & cooking. Rains often, sometimes not often enough…<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Non-human residents-tropical birds, crabs, pigs, monitor lizards, geckos, cascas’, lots of dogs, no mice and no cats.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Monday mornings a community meeting takes place. Hot topics: gambling, dress styles, religion, fighting… in that order.<\/p>\n

\"Animals5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Walk along the beaches & find them lined with dugout canoes. Used for fishing & traveling. Huge part of village life.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> 1\/2 mi. long and 1\/4 mi. wide. Home to about 300 people living on about 1\/3 of the island. 2\/3 Mangrove swamp.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Watch out for crab holes…and crabs, especially at night. Twist your ankle or prepare for battle with “armed” crabs?<\/p>\n

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Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Its covered in coconut trees. All you can eat\/drink coconut. \ud83d\ude42 Mild concern that a coconut may fall on your head. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

BONUS!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> The ground is mostly sand. Closer to the beach its soft and light colored, up at our house its hard and darker.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Every family has 2 \u201chouses\u201d on their \u201cland\u201d: a structure on stilts with a few rooms for sleeping and a structure on the ground for cooking.<\/p>\n

Tigak Island Fun Fact:<\/strong> Did we ever tell you the island is about 8 feet above sea level? No? Well it is. And yes, we’ve had tsunami warnings before. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

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