Pounding cooked breadfruit into the traditional dish, popoi.
Tuki tuki au te popoi!
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Marquesan Word of the Day
PU’U KAI
Fruit
[pronunciation: POO-oo kah-ee]
Orchids
Wild orchids, Tahuata.
Te tau pua fio, Tahuata.
Marquesan Word of the Day
HOPE
Piece
or
Portion
[pronunciation: HO-pay]
Quote of the Week
Me: So for you, an ancient place is better than a reconstruction?
Hio Timau: Yes, that’s it. Because when you build something today, people will never be careful, but when it’s an ancient site, you feel it.
Moi: Donc pour toi, un site ancien est mieux qu’une reconstruction?
Hio Timau: Oui, c’est ça. Parce que quand tu construit aujourd’hui, les gens, ils vont jamais faire attention. Mais tandis que, quand c’est un endroit ancien, tu sens…
Sunset
Sunset in Vaitahu, Tahuata.
Ua topa te oumati i Vaitahu, Tahuata.
Marquesan Word of the Day
POPO’I
Ball
[pronunciation: poh-POH-‘ ee]
River eel
A fresh water eel in Hokatu, Ua Huka. According to some, these are supposed to be tasty! But I have yet to try it.
E tahi koe’e i Hokatu, Ua Huka. Kai o’o ‘oe atunei?
Marquesan Word of the Day
PAKAIHI
Respect
[pronunciation: pah-kah-EE-hee]
Seed necklaces
Seed necklaces for sale in Taiohae, Nuku Hiva. Each of the seeds is collected by hand from the Marquesan forest.
Te hokotina no te hei kakano i Taiohae, Nuku Hiva. Ua hano te enata paotu tenei kakano no te fenua enata.
