Tiki in Nuku Hiva After a very long silence on the blog front due to slow internet connections or none at all, we will now try to bring you up to date with the happenings of almost a year! traditional tattooing Pretty painful!!!! During the few weeks before the festival began about 40 yachts turned up from all over the region the see the dance and cultural exposition and the sleepy town of Taiohae came alive with drums and dances, practicing for the big events. We soon became aware that the festival was not tourist orientated but was very much an event for Polynesians, local and visitors. These included delegations from the other Marquesian islands ( Hiva Oa, Fatu Hiva, Ua Pou, Ua Huka and Tahuata) and Easter Island ( Rapa Nui) , Australs, a delegation of Canadian Indians and many more. Some of the dancers from Nuku Hiva Great effort went into preparing three beautiful sites for all the cultural presentations, the different venues ensuring ...
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Well done navigating the canal, miss and wish we could see you love you loads Anne & Terry xxxx
greetings from the boys of buurse.