Mokoro
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title:
Mokoro
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A mokoro is a type of canoe commonly used in the Okavango Delta and on the Chobe River in Botswana. It is propelled through the shallow waters of the delta or the river by standing in the stern and pushing with a pole, in the same manner as punting. The plural in Setswana is mekoro. Mokoro are traditionally made by digging out the trunk of a large straight tree, such as ebony and African sausage tree. Modern mokoros, however, are increasingly made of fiberglass, one of the advantages of which is
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Made from sausage tree
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokoro
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2023-10-03T10:48:37Z
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