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16-19 April 2009
Ships, Saints and Sealore
 Maritime Ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. For centuries the Mediterranean and Red Sea peoples worked in harmony with the longue durée, sailing and keeping to a seasonal rhythm of trade and fishing. It is within this rhythm of nature that these peoples travelled and came in contact with each other. What data do we have to support contact and did this contact have a significant impact on the cultures involved? The boat is the life of a seafaring community; its development has been conditioned by the geography of the local waters, climate and craftsmanship. So what remains of that past sea heritage?
il-Birgu, Malta
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