These two islands are close enough that each is visible from the other on a clear day. The oldest recorded Al’ari story is about the rivalry between their towns. The legend goes that Tata and Mama had a race to see who could build a ship to reach the other island first. The story of this competition became the Tata-Mama Race, a sailing relay held every year between the islands.
The race is only one of the countless ways Tata Island and Mama Island compete. Every business has a sister on the opposite shore that calls it out by name, offering better service or lower prices. Each constantly tries to one-up the other and delving crews with Tata natives often have a Mama native who insisted on joining to prove themselves even more worthy.