A typical street scene in one of the poorer areas of Pate Village.All the buildings in Pate are constructed of coral rag with makuti roofs, which are a type of thatch made from coconut palm fronds.Pate was established by Arabs from Arabia in the 13th century, or possibly earlier.
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A typical street scene in one of the poorer areas of Pate Village.All the buildings in Pate are constructed of coral rag with makuti roofs, which are a type of thatch made from coconut palm fronds.Pate was established by Arabs from Arabia in the 13th century, or possibly earlier.
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Seated on a typical coast stool, a Swahili man stitches strips of woven palm fronds into a mat in one of Pates narrow streets.All the buildings in Pate are constructed of coral rag with makuti roofs, which are a type of thatch made from coconut palm fronds.
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An elderly man strides past a large double storied building in Pate Village.All the buildings in Pate are constructed of coral rag with makuti roofs, which are a type of thatch made from coconut palm fronds.Pate was established by Arabs from Arabia in the 13th century, or possibly earlier.
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A Swahili woman in brightly coloured attire walks through the narrow streets of Pate Village.All the buildings in Pate are constructed of coral rag with makuti roofs, which are a type of thatch made from coconut palm fronds.
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A Swahili woman dressed in black to signify her Muslim faith walks through the narrow streets of Lamu town. Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD. The islands importance lies in the fact that it has the only certain source of sweet groundwater in the entire district.
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A Swahili woman of Pate Island wears vipete gold earrings that were widely worn in Pate Village as a manifestation of a persons wealth. They are very rarely seen today. Gold rings in a womans nose are also ornaments that are no longer in fashion.Pate was established by Arabs from Arabia in the 13th century, or possibly earlier.
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A narrow street in Lamus historic island old town. Most of the buildings standing today were built in the nineteenth century when the island entered its most prosperous period.However, the arrival of Arabs from Oman took place several hundred years earlier and resulted in the development of thriving island states off the East African Coast.
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A man rides a donkey sidesaddle through one of the narrow streets of Lamu town. In the absence of vehicles, which are banned in the island, donkeys are the principal means of transport and carrying heavy loads.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD.
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