Tips on tourism customs and taboos in Solomon

The Solomon Islands is located in the South Pacific. It is an island country, northeast of Australia and east of Papua New Guinea. It is a member of the British Commonwealth. It is an archipelago with more than 990 islands and a total land area of more than 28,000 square kilometers. The capital of Solomon Islands is Honiara, the famous turning point of World War II in the Pacific. The Solomon Islands is one of the least developed countries in the world and is very unsuitable for human development.

There are 87 dialects in the Solomon Islands, and Pidgin is commonly used, and the official language is English. The Solomon Islands has a tropical rainforest climate. It is hot all year round and there is no dry season. The sea water in the islands has good visibility, clear and transparent. It is the most suitable area for diving in the world and has huge tourism development potential. Every year, the beautiful scenery here also attracts a large number of tourists.

Compared with other archipelago, volcanic activity in the Solomon Islands is less frequent or intense and does not have a serious impact on the production and life of local residents. Therefore, the Solomon Islands is also known as the "Lucky Island." Most of the residents of the Solomon Islands live in coastal areas because of their convenient transportation and fishing and farming. Some villages are built on land, and each household has its own vegetable garden, growing various vegetables and grains needed by the owner. People in the Solomon Islands are proud to raise pigs, and the number of pigs determines the wealth. Turtles, chickens, bananas, various fruits and sweet potatoes are the main foods of Solomon Islands residents.

The residents of the Solomon Islands are simple and warm. People greet tourists politely. They are used to shaking hands. In diplomatic occasions, foreign friends are called Mr., Ms., Mrs., and Miss. Since most of the island's residents are Christian, they celebrate Christian festivals enthusiastically every year. There are more than 60,000 melanesians with dark skin and curly hair living on the Solomon Islands. They have broad faces, broad noses, strong bodies, and very agile movements. Planting and raising pigs are their main livelihoods. The more pigs the Solomon Islands have, the more money they will have. Since raising pigs is a woman's responsibility, marrying more wives and concubines will allow her to feed more pigs.

Marriage customs on the archipelago are a very ancient style. The father of a boy of marriageable age selects a suitable girl for his son and pays a piece of bayonei to the girl's parents. The fathers of both sides sat together to discuss the final hire price. Traditional betrothal money includes bayonet-coins, or red feather currency, or pig or dolphin teeth. The betrothal money was given by the groom's mother to the bride's mother. In addition, a considerable amount of cloth was put into the canoe and then given to the woman.

The Solomon Islands have always maintained the traditional cultural customs of Melanesia. There is a small island in the archipelago called Tikopia that has a custom that surprises the world. Male islanders there do not have the right to touch their penis.

In the past, the aborigines of the archipelago did not wear clothes, and even young men and women often walked around naked. Most adults only wrapped a piece of cloth or a string of leaves between their waists, or hung a piece of tree bark on their chests. Women love to string shells or petals to hang them around their necks, hang them on their chests, or hang them on their arms, and like to use grass to make patterns and wear them as decorations. Men nowadays usually wear shorts or folded cloth, and women usually wear skirts. Many men on the island have tattoos on their skin, and the more, the finer the thorns, the more beautiful they appear.