The Origins of the Polynesians 3

The Origins of the Polynesians 3

The Origins of the Polynesians Tonga & Samoa, Cuna y Núcleo de la Expansión Polinésica / Crib and Nucleus of Polynesian Expansion Large migratory waves of Austronesian peoples reached Near Oceania around 3,500 years ago, causing a major cultural impact in the...
Sex and Divinity in Polynesia

Sex and Divinity in Polynesia

Sex and Divinity in Polynesia The real understanding of Polynesian culture has been very slow. Stories, drawings and even photographs of explorers, navigators, missionaries and other visitors of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have been assumed as real and...
Sacred Trees in Polynesia

Sacred Trees in Polynesia

Sacred Trees in Polynesia by Annette Kühlem Trees in French Polynesia are believed to be a direct gift from the gods. Early creation myths tell us how the god Ta’aroa took on the shape of a bird and flew over the newly emerged islands shaking his feathers. These...