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Popoi

Posted on October 2, 2015 by admin

Ua tuki te popoi te tahuna Manuhi.

Manuhi, making popoi (breadfruit paste).

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, verbs

Kaaku

Posted on August 10, 2015 by admin

Tukituki te kaaku!

Pounding breadfruit paste.

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, verbs

Avocado of Ua Pou!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by admin

Te avoka no Ua Pou! Assez rare dans le monde, et capable de nous faire reflechir a…? 🙂

Ua Pou’s unusual avocado variety…remind you of anything? 🙂

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, Ua Pou

Pig head

Posted on February 15, 2015 by admin

Mea fa’i te ha’amate no te pua’a! Mea kanahau ta’ia upo’o. 🙂

Killing a pig in the Marquesas is cause for celebration…and very little goes to waste!

(my apologies: this is not an image for vegetarians…or the faint of heart!)

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, nouns - nature, verbs

Manioc cake

Posted on October 22, 2014 by admin

Making fe’iai manioka, or a type of manioc cake (YUM), with Teani Timau. 

Ua kanea au te fe’iai manioka me Teani Timau.

 

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, verbs

Honey!

Posted on June 18, 2014 by admin

Bottles of noni juice in Taiohae, Nuku Hiva.

Te tau putei no te vai noni i Taiohae, Nuku Hiva.

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - culture, nouns - food, Nuku Hiva, Taiohae

Dried bananas

Posted on May 29, 2014 by admin

Pirae, or dried bananas, in the making. Vaitahu, Tahuata.

Ua kanea te tau pirae, te mei’a mo’o. Vaitahu, Tahuata.

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, Tahuata, Vaitahu

Guavas

Posted on May 28, 2014 by admin

YUM! Guavas in Vaipae’e, Ua Huka.

Myam! Tau tuava i Vaipae’e, Ua Huka.

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food, Ua Huka, Vaipaee

Yellow watermelon

Posted on May 9, 2014 by admin

Marquesan watermelon! Vaipae’e, Ua Huka.

Te meroni enata! Vaipae’e, Ua Huka.

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged nouns - food

Popoi

Posted on March 18, 2014 by admin

Making popoi, the traditional breadfruit paste, in the valley of Iva Iva, Tahuata; 2012.

Ua kanea te popoi i Iva Iva, Tahuata, te ehua 2012.

 

Posted in Marquesan Moments | Tagged Iva Iva, nouns - food, Tahuata, verbs

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