The tribe also has a culture of decorating boats. The tribe decorates their boats as they appreciate the Moi women with decorations.
One Moi boat can carry up to four people. The Moi natives prefer to use the boat because the boat is made without an engine.
Egek Culture
The Moi tribe has long applied the Egek culture, which is a traditional culture about protecting nature by taking enough from nature, including the use of machines that are not environmentally friendly. Therefore, the tribe prefers to use their traditional boats compared to motorized boats.
Egek, or Sasi in Maluku culture, is a culture of preserving the environment by not taking certain natural products within a certain time in accordance with community agreements that have long been applied by the Tribe. The essence of Egek culture is to take enough from nature and not to overexploit natural resources.
If the Moi Tribe MHA has certain desires such as the construction of public facilities, or other desires that require large funds, the Moi Tribe MHA conducts the Buka Egek event which intends to reopen the agreement that has been agreed upon until a certain time in order to help them fulfill their desires.
Buka Egek is the time when the Moi Tribe goes back to sea, taking crops for the Tribe’s own consumption. However, Egek also applies to other natural resources such as land and forests depending on where the Moi MHA lives.
Not only that, some of the Moi Tribe MHA, especially Moi Kelim who inhabit Malaumkarta Village and Suatolo Village, have also applied renewable energy sources in the use of electrical energy.
Before 2016, the Moi Kelim tribe had not been touched by electricity. But after that, the community took the initiative to build an environmentally friendly Microhydro Power Plant (PLTMH).
