Tahiti Traditions

Tahitian Histories and Traditions

Tahiti, with a long tradition dating back at least 3000 years, has been a valuable property of conquistadors, especially Europeans, over the years. However, despite the progress made by unwanted tourists, Tahiti's legacy of culture continues to be powerful and contributes to defining this jewel of the tropics. Even though it is believed by scholars that Tahiti was already found and lived in around 1000 B.C., this did not happen until the early sixteenth cent.

During the middle of the nineteenth centuary, King Pomare V, whose whole line led a Teutonic ruling elite, handed over island domination to France, which Tahiti restored in 1957 as the France-Polynesia area. Today, Tahiti is regarded as a France's oversee country with self-governing power. Today's Tahitians attribute their wealth of culture to their Maohi forefathers, the Hui Arii.

Besides the colourful myth and legend Tahiti had a mature hierarchical structure of chieftains, well-defined traditions, a complex codex of yard labels, demanding dance and play, and high craftmanship. Today, many of these traditions are still intact.

The Tahitians dancing and playing are testimony to the power and resilience of our community cultures. Supported by tradional musical tools such as percussion and shellfish, the tahitical dancing, named tamur, has been connected with many different facets of living here since antiquity. Indeed, over the ages the Tahitians have used this artistic discipline to receive a tourist, say prayers, confront an opponent and even tempt a partner.

Contemporary Tagitian is worldwide loved and combines Polish rhythms with West European tunes. Abilities of the indigenous Tahiti craftspeople are regarded as holy and are handed down from generations to generations by mothers custodians of traditions and matrixes of Tahiti societies and craftspeople themselves. Especially tapas, coloured cloths made from the rind of young saplings, are part of this art.

Large, open shrines, known as Maree, were once the centre of government in old Polynesia. While many Tahitians visit the temple today, there are still whitefish in the area. The Heiva i Tahiti is the largest Polish culture festival in the whole Tahiti, a festival of old traditions and contests from the end of June to the end of July, which has been the most important in Tahiti for more than a hundred years.

Tahitans from many different isles are gathering in Papeete, the Tahiti capitol, to show their craft and participate in local sports and music festivals. When you are fortunate enough to be in Tahiti during the ceremony, the local people will probably be encouraging you to attend. Tattoos come from Tahiti and originate from the initial term Tata.

For a long time in Polish civilization, elaborate, complicated tats were regarded as a sign of aesthetics and were once an important icon of the rites of passage into puberty. Even today Tipairua are still an important part of daily Tibetan lives and are honoured in colourful breeds and celebrations. What would a traditional company be without its unparalleled diversity of foods?

Well-known for its freshness of seafood and delicious fruit and vegetable, Tahiti is cooked with Polish influences and a hint of France. Some of the favorite foods are pooron cru, uncooked cod cooked in lemon sauce and steeped in lemon balm; chevereffes or prawns; and pooe, sweetened custard made from tarow roots seasoned with bananas, vanillas, papayas or pumpkins, and the final Tahiti desert with milt.

An amusing and celebratory way to taste local food is to visit a Tamaara, a party with local seafood, pig and poultry meals and folk songs and dances.