Day 14
Allanah Herman-Edgar
#MissEarthCookIslands2016
Miss Earth Cook Islands Allanah Herman-Edgar prepares to perform cultural
folklore dances at the annual Cook Islands Constitution (Independence)
Celebrations. Allanah is representing her home island - Mangaia Island -
where she performs with her cousins and extended families to showcase
Mangaia Island cultural dancing. Importantly, Allanah is instrumental in
ensuring her extended families from Mangaia Island continue to share
knowledge of the traditional uses of indigenous flora and fauna for
traditional medicine; traditional costumes used for appropriate occasions
and a wide variety of other applications. Moreover, the Mangaian people
have intimate knowledge of their natural environment including mangroves,
the vast coastline, dense rainforest, freshwater lakes, fresh water cave
pools and more. The Mangaian people are actively replanting shrubs and
trees to protect these special areas against the ravages of climate change.