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Traditional Swahili outrigger canoe

Thengalawa orungalawa is a traditional,double-outrigger canoe of theSwahili people living inZanzibar and theTanzanian coast.^[1] It is usually 5–6 m long and has two outriggers, a centrally-placed mast (often inclining slightly towards the prow) and a single triangular sail. It is used for short-distance transport of goods or people, as well as a coastalfishing boat. It can be classified as a variation of another common type of Swahili canoe known as''mtumbwi'' [uk].

The name and theoutrigger technology was adapted from the outriggerlakana of theAustronesian Malagasy people ofMadagascar.^[2]

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^Small Tri Guy."Jim Brown's Coming Seaclipper 20 trimaran (the "Janganda")". Small Trimarans. Archived fromthe original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved2018-05-07.
^Claude Allibert (2011). "Austronesian migration and the establishment of the Malagasy civilization: contrasted readings in linguistics, archaeology, genetics and cultural anthropology". In Tim Curtis (ed.).Islands as Crossroads: Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States. UNESCO. p. 45.ISBN 9789231041815.