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henry : ancient tahiti
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Teuira Henry
: Ancient Tahiti, 1928.
Based on material recorded
by J. M. Orsmond
Extracted
from
Henry, Teuira.:
Ancient Tahiti.
Based on material
collected by J. M. Orsmond.
Bernice P. Bishop
Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1928, Bulletin 48.
Introduction.
Fa'ahe'e,
surf-riding, was much indulged in, mostly by young men and women in favorable
places where the sea rolled in breakers over sunken rocks.
The board used
was called papa-fa'ahe'e (board-for-surfriding).
The pleasure
in this sport would have been unalloyed but for sharks that. sometimes
came and wounded or carried away someone out of reach of timely help.
Surf-riding is
still practised to a small extent.
Neue or naue..
plunging into water, has always been a favorite pastime of children and
grown people.
They plunge off
high cliffs into the deep sea or off rocks and trees into deep fresh-water
pools, and they swim and dive like fishes.
Diving is called
titi-aho-roa (holding-long-breath), and swim-ming is called
au.
Henry,
Teuira.: Ancient Tahiti.
Based on material
collected by J. M. Orsmond.
Bernice P. Bishop
Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1928, Bulletin 48.
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Geoff Cater (2007) : Teuira Henry
: Ancient Tahiti, 1928.
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