#melanesia
Yali woman, West Papua, by Adam Koziol
Ni-Vanuatu masker, Vanuatu, by Eric Lafforgue
Fijian dancer, Fiji, by fijitourism
#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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#WednesdayFinancialFeature A Goal means nothing if not backed by a plan of action , a plan of action means nothing without a schedule , a schedule means nothing without a why……so what is your why?
* Start with your Whys.
Why do you do what you do every day?
What motivates you?
What is your Vision statement?
* Write your plan of Action
List the Steps needed to achieve your Vision.
Do what makes you uncomfortable
Work! Nothing can compensate for Work.
Work Smarter not harder.
Stretch yourself!
Step out of Comfort Zone
* EACH WEEK Schedule your time.
Map out what will happen each hour of your day.
Work Efficiently.
Prioritize your tasks.
Read 7 habits of Highly Effective people and develop these great habits! #Island_Girls_Rock #TheMoreYouKnow #KnowledgeIsPower #Dream #Vision #Samoa #Tonga #Tahiti #NewZealand #Fiji #Polynesia #Micronesia #Melanesia #TagataPasefika #Oceania
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I’m a Palauan illustrator and comic artist looking to make a series of short comics based on legends and traditional stories from the Pacific. Not something I’d be physically publishing or profiting off of, just a personal project I’d like to see come to life. I’m perfectly capable of doing the research myself but would prefer to make it more of a community project SO if you have roots in the Pacific and have a favorite tale you’d like to see in a 10-20 page comic format, please please please message me!! I’d love to hear from as many voices and cultures as possible!
golden Melanesian #blond #black #butterfly #instaart #instaartist #colorful #melanesia #blackgirlmagic #melaninmagic #blackbeauty #afroart #blackisbeautiful #blackwoman #gold #goldenhair (at Ile-de-France, France)
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Shards of Lapita pottery, terra cotta, ca. 1000 AD, Solomon Islands.
The Lapita culture is famous for its very refined ceramics. The designs on these shards were made using a stippling technique and this specific style is believed to be at the root of Polynesian aesthetics. The Lapitas spread throughout the Pacific and colonized previously uninhabited islands in Melanesia and Polynesia. Modern Polynesian peoples are the descendants of the Lapitas, who changed their way of life after their establishment on new islands: the Lapita culture then evolved and became the ‘Hawaiki’, the Ancestral Polynesian Society. The newly isolated Polynesians slowly abandoned the Lapita style and started to produce plainware ceramics: this major change is a clear rupture between the former Lapita culture and the new Hawaiki.
Courtesy of teara.govt.nz.
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