24th September is a public holiday.  In one of the car park's near the marina, Kanaks have been building traditional Kanak huts.  Having constructed the framework, more wood is woven around the outside.  Once the that’s done up go the plated palm leaves.  Health and safety not an issue here.  The man was stripping off the bark with a wooden rolling pin.

 

One of the huts construction team started to take some of the grass that is woven on top of the palm leaves.  When the other teams realised what was going on, there was a mad rush to get that grass.

 

 

From one roll to several:

 

Got mine:

 

Woven end post.

 

View up the centre before the grass is attached to the outside.

 

Ladies were carving some of the main uprights to one of the huts.