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“Carved jade adorned their heads and hung from their necks and cloak. And in those carvings were the shapes of nature found around them and great figures from their history; craftsman, warriors, chieftains and heroes.”
Haven’t drawn these characters in a while. Little painting focusing on their jade-work. Also, is anyone even still using this app anymore? lol
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I’m a big fan of Che Fu’s original (the mix from the official music video is my favorite, but it doesn’t seem to be on Youtube at the moment), and I really dig the Leers’ treatment in this cover, too. Enjoy.
The Leers (orig. Che Fu), “Fade Away.”
#TahitianProverb “Catch the bird but watch for the wave”
In the islands of the Pacific Ocean, we dance with our hips, hands, and body language. Stories of old are shared in the motion of our hips as they sway like the waves of the seas or with our hands and legs to demonstrate a legend of old. Come children, listen to our stories. Look up to the sky and dream but don’t forget to watch the waves also. #MondayProverbs #Storytelling #LessonsLearned #Tahiti #Samoa #Tonga #Aotearoa #island_Girls_rock #Life #IslandLiving #Rarotonga #Guam #Fiji #Micronesia #Polynesia #Melanesia #Pasefika
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“I definitely have the eye of the tiger. I’ve fought my way to where I am and will continue to do so. I’m a hard worker - I get it from my family. We only know work. Nothing was handed to us. When I believe in something, I go after it. It’s very hard to tell me ‘no.’”
Nicole Scherzinger was born on June 29 in Honolulu, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father is of Filipino descent, from Batanes Island, Philippines. Her mother has Native Hawaiian and Ukrainian ancestry. She is of Filipino, Native Hawaiian, and Ukrainian descent. While attending a performing arts high school, she won the Coca-Cola Classic Talent Contest and performed in many plays at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. She then furthered her studies majoring in theater arts at Wright State University before entering the premiere season of the WB’s television show, Popstars (2000), where she earned the role of lead vocalist in the female pop group, “Eden’s Crush”. After reaching one-hit wonder success with girl group Eden’s Crush, she signed with Interscope Records in 2003 as a member of the Pussycat Dolls, a burlesque troupe turned-recording act. Throughout a career spanning 15 years, she has sold 16 million records as a solo artist, and a further 54 million with Pussycat Dolls, making the group one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Since her first chart entry in 2005, Scherzinger has also scored 20 top 20 hits on the UK Singles Chart. Outside of her work in the entertainment industry, Scherzinger is involved in charitable activities including her work as an ambassador for the Special Olympics. Also helping in a recent campaign to stop the building of telescopes on our sacred Mauna Kea on Hawaii. Big ups to sista @nicolescherzy
#Islandgirlsrock #Polynesian #pacific #women #Islandgirls #wearemaunakea #hawaii #tonga #samoa #fiji #aotearoa #rarotonga #tahiti #tuamotu #rapanui #rotuma #guam #saipan #chuuk #papuanewguinea #newcaledonia #vanuatu #tuesdayceleb
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#MondayProverbs Island_Girls_Rock selected a Maori proverb this week. Maori people are from New Zealand. This proverb is great advice. #NewZealand #Maori #Kiwis #Aotearoa #Samoa #Tonga #Fiji #Tahiti #Hawaii #PolynesianBreeze #GirlPower #TamaitaiToa
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Ever wonder what our Polynesian ancestors looked like? Well meet Mana…a woman believed to be a part of the Lapita era, progenitors of the Polynesians. The face of Mana was reconstructed using a model of her skull which was discovered by a member of a research team from USP and the Fiji Museum which excavated an early human settlement at Naitabale in the south of Moturiki Island , central Fiji in 2002.
This is the first time that the skull of a Lapita-era skeleton had been so well preserved that it was possible to faithfully reconstruct the head. This therefore represents the first time that the face of a person from the Lapita era (1350 BC to 650 BC) has ever been seen. It is the face of one of the very first people to have lived in the Fiji Islands .
Her skeleton was determined to be that of a female who had died between the ages of 40 and 60 years. She appeared to have been 161-164 cm tall and to have given birth to at least one child. She was probably right-handed. Mana’s body would have been tall, muscular and tough. Like other Lapita-age skeletons, Mana’s body was adapted to heavy mastication, and strenuous physical activity involving the neck, arms and feet. The roots of Mana’s teeth were stained brown, perhaps from chewing roots of kava. The results suggested that Mana lived in the year 800 BC, perhaps earlier.
The Lapita people were the first humans to colonise the western tropical Pacific Islands . They remain visible as a distinctive cultural group for only a few hundred years, starting about 1350 BC in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea and ending about 650 BC in Fiji , Samoa and Tonga . Around the beginning of this period, from bases in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands , they set out eastwards on intentional voyages of colonisation. They encountered groups of islands ( New Caledonia , Vanuatu , Fiji , Tonga and Samoa ) that were not occupied by humans.
#islandgirlsrock #knowyourroots #knowledge #history #culture #pacificculture #polynesianculture #islandgirls #polymovement #tokouso #lapitaculture #fiji #tonga #samoa #newzealand #aotearoa #tahiti #hawaii #rapanui #solomonislands #papuanewguinea #newcaledonia #guam #chuuk #saipan
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1958 VW by Stephen Trinder
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The Cars of Christchurch, New Zealand
1966 Chrysler Valiant by Stephen Trinder
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The Cars of Christchurch, New Zealand. Many thanks to the owner!
1970 Holden Kingswood by Stephen Trinder
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Christchurch, New Zealand
chairby Stephen Trinder
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Christchurch, New Zealand
Morrisby Stephen Trinder
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Christchurch, New Zealand
1988 Nissan Sentra by Stephen Trinder
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The Cars of Christchurch, New Zealand
The new whale by Stephen Trinder
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New Brighton, New Zealand
antlersby Stephen Trinder
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New Brighton, New Zealand
houseby Stephen Trinder
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New Brighton, New Zealand
1987 Toyota HiLux by Stephen Trinder
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Christchurch Utes
