A quiet, artistic craft game.
A quiet, artistic craft game. Children harvest long, pliable green pinnate leaflets from a fallen coconut palm frond. Through a series of traditional, interlinking over-and-under folds passed down by elders, they weave the leaf into functional toy birds, small baskets, or decorative watches and crowns.
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