One of Tahuata’s dances at the Marquesan Arts Mini Festival on Ua Huka, 2013! If you look closely, you can see me…
E tahi koina no Tahuata i te Matava’a Iti i Ua Huka, 2013! A tiohi meita’i, ite ‘oe ia au…tau honi i te pupu Tahuata!
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Breadfruit
Ripe, harvested breadfruit.
Te tau mei oko io te fa’e.
Marquesan Word of the Day
TENA
That
[pronunciation: tay-nah]
Honey!
Bottles of noni juice in Taiohae, Nuku Hiva.
Te tau putei no te vai noni i Taiohae, Nuku Hiva.
Marquesan Word of the Day
HA’AMETAU
Afraid
[pronunciation: HA’ah-meh-tah-oo]
Tapa
Pounding bark cloth, or tapa, from paper mulberry bark. Omoa, Fatu Hiva.
Ua tuki te tapa no te ki’i oute. Omoa, Fatu Hiva.
Marquesan Word of the Day
TEPI’O
Fault (as in, your fault)
[pronunciation: tay-pee-‘oh]
Mass
Everyone heads to mass! Vaitahu, Tahuata. The end of a Lent pilgrimage route last March.
Ua he’e tatou i te fa’e pure! Vaitahu, Tahuata. Ua pao te ha’apromene ma te mahina pohe.
Marquesan Word of the Day
MOKAI
Good luck
or
Luck
or
Cheers!
[pronunciation: moh-KA-ee]
Ua Pou airport
The airport of Ua Pou.
Te fa’e akiona no Ua Pou.
