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Trochus shell crafting empowers Satuimalufilufi community

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By Andrina Elvira Burkhart 12 March 2026, 1:30PM

There is money to be made from Trochus (ali'ao) shells, something the Satuimalufilufi community have discarded as being useless. All that has changed.

By Andrina Elvira Burkhart 12 March 2026, 1:30PM

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