maona

Updated: May 11, 2025

The palestra was on a lawn by the sea, and in formal contests district champions met those of other districts, and islands competed for supremacy with other islands. The maona wore a breech-clout and a coat of cocoanut oil freshly laid on, but not sand, as in the Olympiads.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.