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home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks History Just how the Polynesian peoples came to populate their islands of the Pacific is a subject of some debate. What is clear, however, is that they were great sailors and navigators who traversed vast distances of open ocean to settle as far and wide as present-day French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Zealand, parts of the New Guinea island, Tonga and the Cook Islands. It's thought that they left South-East Asia around 3000 or 4000 years ago and began to arrive in present-day French Polynesia around 300 AD. Islands were originally ruled by chieftains who commanded huge fleets of outrigger canoes; religious practices at this time included human sacrifices. Some of the first European visitors, among them Samuel Wallis (1767), Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1768) and James Cook (1769), returned with stories of a paradise on earth inhabited by 'noble savages' and Venus-like women whose sexual favours were freely offered to the visitors. Europe was abuzz with stories of a tropical haven of free love when Bougainville returned to Paris and this myth attracted the likes of Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin. The most famous event in the region's recent history was the mutiny on the Bounty . It was on Tahiti and the Austral island of Tubuai that Fletcher Christian and his mutineers sought refuge after setting William Bligh and his faithful crew members adrift in a tiny open boat near the Tongan islands on 28 April 1789. And, ultimately, it was on Tahiti that the long arm of British law rounded up those mutineers who hadn't escaped to Pitcairn Island, and made them face British justice.

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About us Send me a Brochure Tripbuilder (Shopping Cart) Send me a Quotation ... Pacific News member of French Polynesia Culture The missionaries did all they could to wipe out traditional Polynesian culture by levelling temples, destroying carvings, and banning tattoos and that heady, erotic dancing that Bougainville told Europe about. The missionaries sought to make the Polynesians follow the teachings of the Good Book and their own autocratic commandments, but fortunately some of the traditional ways survived. Recently there's been a strong push to revive old ways and rediscover traditional arts. Traditional musical instruments include pahu and toere drums and the curious nose flute called a vivo tamure ) has slowly made its way back into French Polynesian life, but, sadly, the art of making tapa (bark paper and cloth), practised throughout the Pacific, has all but disappeared. Things are pretty laid back in French Polynesia - dress standards are relaxed even in the classiest restaurants and beach wear is often just from the waist down. Church is deadly serious though and Sunday is the day of worship (fully clothed). The Polynesian concept of family is a much broader one than in the West - cousins, uncles, aunts etc are all part of the scene and are called fetii . The family might also have adopted children

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home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks People come to French Polynesia to live it up in stylish resorts, scuba dive in lagoons teeming with tropical fish, gorge on the unique mix of French and Polynesian cuisine and, basically, experience a little French chic mixed with South Pacific charm. For more than 200 years, Tahiti has represented the tropical-paradise myth for Europeans. It's French Polynesia's biggest, most famous and historically interesting island, but the glossy pictures that you see in travel agents' windows are almost certainly some other French Polynesian island. Full country name: French Polynesia Area: 5 million sq km Population: Capital City: Pape'ete People: 83% Polynesians (Maohis), 12% Europeans, 5% Asians Language: Tahitian, French, English Religion: 55% Protestant, 30% Catholic, 6% Mormon, 2% Seventh-Day Adventist, 2% Buddhist and Confucianist Government: Overseas territory of the Republic of France Head of State: President Gaston Flosse GDP: US$2.8 billion GDP per capita: US$12,750

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14. LookSmart - Directory - Society And Culture Of French Polynesia Society and culture of french polynesia Learn more about traditional tattoos,explore the Tahitian language, and discover myths about the islands. http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us559898/us560003/us560007/us5

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18. Contemporary Artists Of French Polynesia by early master and in search of a more authentic culture, GOTZ left France in 1991to discover french polynesia where he impregnated with Tahitian culture. http://www.thetahititraveler.com/general/artsculpcont.asp

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19. Art & Handicraft Of Tahiti By The Tahiti Traveler General info Art culture Art craft industry. Art Craft IndustrySculpture Sculpture is one of the major arts of french polynesia. http://www.thetahititraveler.com/general/artindust.asp

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