Bora Orero – Keeping Culture Alive
The Orero is an ancient artistic form of oral declaration most often taking into account Polynesian genealogy, history & geography delivered as fact if even …
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History of Bora Bora
Ori Tahiti World Record
Since time immemorial Ori Tahiti, the traditional Tahitian dance, has played a major role in Polynesian life. Dancing helped maintain the social fabric & gave …
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Heiva i Bora Bora – Tu’aro Ma’ohi
The Heiva is perhaps best known as the ultimate expression of Tahitian history & culture through its sensational rhythmic, energetic & quite sensual dancing & …
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Uru (Breadfruit) Beer
Tahiti’s local brewery has been testing a beer made from Uru taking advantage of the breadfruit that grows in abundance throughout the country. Following the …
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MATIRA – What’s in a Name
Matira Beach is staggeringly beautiful – this paradisiacal stretch of powdery white sand meeting absolutely stunning waters of ever changing patterns of turquoise blue deserves its reputation …
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“Bora Bora” Boasts Ukelele World Record
In 1951 when the then Chairman of Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, was out hunting game bird he wondered if the golden plover could be …
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Bora Bora Holiday – Arrival of the Evangelists
The Protestant Missionaries first arrived in Tahiti aboard the “Duff” on 5th March 1797. It’s an intriguing piece of trivia but the ‘Duff’ crossed the International Date …
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Tahiti Mana
There’s a Tahitian inspired dance group in Honolulu that’s got everyone talking – Tahiti Mana, founded in 2011 by the well-known Tahitian Manarii (‘Mana’) Gauthier, a group which “shares …
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Va’a – Na Wahine O Ke Kai
The Na Wahine O Ke Kai, a 41 mile (66km), V6 (10 paddlers) outrigger canoe ocean race from Hale O Lono, Molokai, Hawaii across the Kaiwi …
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Bora Bora Houses Afloat
Bora Bora’s signature overwater bungalows with their encased glass coffee tables offering views of the marine life below are the subject of legend. The concept …
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