A presentation by Heipua Teariki Bordes of Moʻorea on the great octopus that connects all the islands in the Pacific, Taumata Hau.
Taumata Fe’e fa’atupu Hau, is the great symbol of Moʻorea and a symbol of the Tahitian ancestral values of Harmony, Peace and Unity. Vahine Heipua will tell the story of Taumata Hau set in her mateina’a (ahupua’a) of ‘Āfareaitu in Moʻorea. Taumata Hau reveals the tentacles of Te Po and Te Ao to address important aspects of Tahitian culture: Te Parau tohu a te tupuna (the prophetic ancestor’s words predestinating a child.) The interdependence of Papa-fenua (Mother Earth), Moana (Ocean) and Ra’i ( Father-Sky). The meaning of Tere Va’a (canoe voyage) and Hawaiki.
Vahine Heipua speaks in Tahitian with Dr. Steve Chaillouix translating. Opening oli and hula by Manu Boyd’s Hālau O Ke ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani.