Cultural Presentation

Walt: Create a Cultural Presentation about a Tradition you have chosen.

Our task was to choose our own country or island we wanted to research on. The island that I chose was the Tahiti Resort and Spa. I chose this because I really think that the place has a beautiful view and is paradise to most people. Tahiti's Resort and Spa is where you can get away from bad weather and you could relax. Tahiti is like a tropical paradise where you could leave your problems behind you and just chill, enjoying the view. We had to answer some questions that was related to our chosen country or island, then find some images or facts about the place. These are the information's that I have found about the Resort and Spa.

Rarotonga Canoes

Our task was to create a presentation of something that is related to the Polynesians travelling around the pacific islands. I chose "The Garden of the Seven Stones," because Aotearoa and Rarotonga has something in common. The Maori people travelled on a waka called "Takitimu" all the way to Rarotonga. The garden of the seven stones all represents stones that the Maori people carved onto rocks, that represents all the seven waka's they have sailed.

Video in Taiwan

Walt: Students are able to complete all work for made in Taiwan video, to go towards blogs.

The main purpose of Oscar and Nathan’s trip was to find where their ancestors were from and where they travelled. Rarotonga and Maori’s might have the same Clan Fathers and the Polynesian people left the Cook Islands 700 years ago. 

Samoan people were originally from East Eurasia, before they travelled to South Eurasia. The Lapita Pottery is about 300,000 years old and this is what their ancestors left behind. The burial site is about 600-700 years old and this started way before Rome became a village. The people of Taiwan has a similar tradition from Samoans and Polynesian people. 

The traditional Samoan tattoos are sacred like the Lapita Pottery. From my point of view, Oscar and Nathan’s trip was successful because they now know where their ancestors were from and where they travelled too. They are also proud to know where there people came from and where their people first started, before going around to travel the Polynesian world.