Te vai topa no Hanavave, Fatu Hiva.
The waterfall of Hanavave, Fatu Hiva.
Tag Archives: nouns – nature
Petroglyph
Te ke’a no te paaoa i Omoa, Fatu Hiva.
A whale petroglyph in Omoa, Fatu Hiva.
Pig head
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!)
Amatea
‘I una te ivi no Tahuata, i Amatea. Mea kanahau o’o!
In the mountains of Tahuta, at Amatea. So gorgeous!
Marquesan Word of the Day
TEITA
Brush
or
Weeds
[pronunciation: tay-EE-tah]
Flower
E tahi pua kanahau i Hanavave, Fatu Hiva.
A beautiful flower in Hanavave, Fatu Hiva.
Bay Sunset
Sunset in Vaitahu, Tahuata in 2008.
Ua topa te oumati i Vaitahu, Tahuata, 2008.
Tumu aoa
A giant, historic banyan tree at the dance grounds Kumuihei, in Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva.
Te tumu aoa ke’i kakiu no te toua Kumuihei, i Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva.
Te i’a pa’atai
Salted fish drying on a line, Taiohae, Nuku Hiva.
Te ha’amo’otina no te i’a pa’atai, i Taiohae, Nuku Hiva.
Chestnuts
Te tau ihi no Vaitahu! Myam-myam…
Some Tahitian chestnuts from Vaitahu! These are raw and shelled; at this stage, the brown, flaky dried skin can be scraped away easily with your fingers or a knife. I conducted several interviews while skinning ihi with Marquesans.
