 |
| Child's play in a parkette near to an informal settlement in greater Suva, Fiji. |
 |
| Coconut vending at the roadside of an informal settlement in greater Suva, Fiji. It is uncommon for women to sell water coconuts because of the strength required to safely trim and open them for customers. The male-dominated coconut picking and vending is overlooked by the male-dominated yard in the vendor's background. Approximately five men relax at the front of a friend's dwelling and one man appears to be holding open a bag for the group. Coconuts perhaps? The waste has a place it belongs, the large yellow bin at the left, but the shaky structures and lives within the settlement seem, at least momentarily, strewn and displaced. |
 |
| Women stop and men walk by. Second hand clothes vending is a common form of income for many urban women. Some are known for selecting the best quality only from the containers that arrive from Australia (and New Zealand possibly), others are known for their wide variety; some sell online, but others, less privileged, sell on the pavement for the less privileged. Purchase of second hand clothes is not exclusively the domain of poorer women, in fact while on the bus I noticed a car stop and an Indian woman (put together well) get out while her male driver idled, impatiently. She was looking for a jacket, and seemed to find a blazer that was acceptable to her tastes. |
 |
| Veiquwawa Seventh Day Adventist - located in an informal settlement in Greater Suva. |
No comments:
Post a Comment