In order to get to Nuku Hiva, I took the Caledonien from Tahiti, a ship that does not exist anymore. At the time, the ship that came to Nuku Hiva to bring packages and the mail were the Tapporo and Caohanui. The people there are lovely and I have kept many wonderful memories from my trip there over 50 years ago.

She just reminded all islanders why traditions/cultures are so important... much alofa samoa 🇼🇸 🤎

I got this fascination with Polynesia (from Hawaii, easter Island to New Zealand) whilst reading Thor Heyerdahls "Fatu Hiva, Back to Nature". I admire their navigating skills; it's amazing how they ventured out from their place of origine and reached new islands.... Keeping their way of life, bringing plants, fruit, animals to start over.

Why I love this clip is because the name of my island in Fiji which is Moturiki can be seen in the name Tuamotu nd its underworld called Turikiriki(source Polynesian dictionary) .It resembles the name Tua-"motu" nd its underworld "Turikiriki "..if you put the "motu" nd Turiki-"riki" together, it will say Moturiki..And the tatoo(3 concentric circles)he explains which depicts their identity,is also encrypted on a big stone in Uluibau Moturiki Fiji.. The name Motu can be found all through out the Pacific Islands in different names add on to it..like Motu Kane (Hawaii),Motu iti;Motu nui(Marquesas),Motu Tapu(Tahiti),Tuamotu Islands ,Motuliki(Tonga),Moturiki (Lomaiviti,Fiji),Temotu(Solomon Islands),Motu people (PNG),Te motu ,Moturiki (NZ)..Motusa(Rotuma)..ra koi Motu,ra koi riki (Mamanuca,Fiji).

First time came to know the name & beautiful HISTORY OF THESE ISLANDS 🙏 to the CHANNEL. SUBSCRIBED IMMEDIATELY ❤

I sailed on the Aranui in 1997 during the Bastille Day (July) voyage! Superb!

I was born came from one of the island in the pacific ocean. We had our own languages from the beginning of time. Your voice in this video dare to say that you are the perfected being. Why judging others the culture, languages, health etc etc etccccc. Man, Get back in your own shell and start counting your breathe of life.

@chrisoneil8459

4 жыл бұрын

nooapii manu could not agree more!!!

It’s beautiful islandsGreat video,many thanks

Its like looking in the mirror..I'm from Aotearoa New Zealand...

@utahi404

Жыл бұрын

If you're saying that, it reminds you of you.... you better believe it

What a great documentary and makes me want to visit someday. Hopefully get a tattoo as well.

Beautiful Island. Greeting from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 💕 Ofa atu

Love the island love it run all day

Beautiful place

Beautiful islands

Thank you Herman Melville

Do more research- Polynesians trace their blood back to ancient Malay (Thailand) Also Polynesians were sailing thousands of miles across the Pacific 2,000 years before Europeans would even sail out of sight of land....

A very enjoyable documentary. The Marquises surpass in beauty and lifestyle anything more touristy destinations have to offer.

wonderful escape from my desk;) thanks!

@9:50: he just described all bingo as played by every culture who loves it.

Nobody discovered them!!! They were there all the time... The early so called explorers rather stumbled across these thriving ethnic population inhabiting on Marquese and living and loving their life and isolation... until the Europeans arrived ofcourse

my island zillion..

Without watching the video the answer in Pangea. All of those areas were connected at that time.

33:03 Tapa is big in Tonga and also in Samoa. Look up: Tongan launima. In Tonga a lot of woman spend a lot of there time making tapa. You hear it all over the place. lol I think the people in this video might have misread something.

@MusMasi

5 жыл бұрын

yeah tapa everywhere in tonga, lol just look at what people wear to church. I think they should of said, only place in french polynesia not the world.

@utahi404

Жыл бұрын

and us who are awake. ARE AWAKE We ARE 1.. Much alofa 🇼🇸

BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND TOTALLY PEACEFUL...NONE OF THE CRAP YOU FIND IN THE WEST....

singing and dancer with symol tato explain our culture nation,religion by us

absolulutly...

Narrator has some truly bizarre idiosyncracies about where to place the accented syllable in words like iconography and archipelago. He must've gone to the William Shatner School of Diction.

@StopovertvHD

10 жыл бұрын

Maybe, maybe not...

@TheASSMONCHICHI

9 жыл бұрын

Stop Over - Documentary, Discovery, History HAHA!!!

@donroberts1339

7 жыл бұрын

Chill, dog breath.

@onein10internetcommentsare48

3 жыл бұрын

William Shatner speaks English 1000 times better than 99.99% of people with first names like Prasad.

samua and tongaa

I "like " that.....the english "introduced" protestantism in Tahiti.....but the french "imposed"...catholicism in the Marquesas....jejejeje

That guy with the 2nd WW Russian helmet is cool as a cucumber.

The first aspect of culture is language. The original indigenous inhabitants of the Polynesian islands did not speak French. If the people truly want sovereignty, they have to speak purely in their own language and dialects, only using French, Or English, to communicate with outsiders..... I hope it is this way when I visit. I’ve already been to Raton go, and the Fuji and islands. Both are similar but quite different. The thing I like about Rarotonga, is they have their sovereignty.

Can plainly see that these people are of African heritage

@rykson161

5 жыл бұрын

Papa Kim. You are wrong my friend! African genes have always and will always be dominant.... Look into the faces of your people!

@leont5096

3 жыл бұрын

@@rykson161 u must be blind

@lyndalatu9898

3 жыл бұрын

Ryk Son..take that Afrocentric fake out of Polynesia nd the Pacific islanders!!. Because even our Ancestors were the first settlers of Africa..Who settled your coastal areas like Tanzania Morocco nd South Africa. Those places which showed homo sapiens, were Pacific islands giant ocean seafarers...They were the ones who built the Egyptian pyramids nd the Big Concentric circles in Mauritania called the Eye of Sahara..Concentric circles means the beginning or origin of all living things. Which you can see tatooed on the men in the video above.And also encrypted on stones in Fiji,Hawaii,PNG,Australia nd other areas of the Pacific..Scientists had been mistaken by those archaic humans nd homo sapiens to be Africans..They dont know that they were Pre flood(Lemurian) Fijians..The owners of Sau(Hau) nd Mana in the Pacific..Because their first Progenitor was rescued by God Himself from the pre flood earth into this world..You guys have been riding on our identities for too long..Its about time to get off that sacred lineage now..So, bit it..

beautiful women

Maybe they emigrated to New Zealand , hence the NZ Maoris origin?

Love the islands but the boats like a safari / zoo point of view and exploitation then thought that's how it's always been mass tourism forcing them to believe in European Gods or wipe them out isn't much of a choice. (4 min mark ) if we would've left them alone they wouldn't had to worry about industry

Antoinette is worried about them forgetting their roots... while wearing western t-shirt, shorts and flip flops, and a silver ring on her hand, and using motorised boats of western design...Tell me again how Jesus and the Ford-150 is part of your roots.

Tapa or Ngatu is alive and well in Polynesia, espesially Tonga and Fiji. Unlike ta'tatau, the tradition of making tapa has never been lost or abolished in these two nations. Even with Christianity, tapa has been used in ceremonies and funerals for as long as the people have inhabited these islands. The Tapa and ngatu that the women of Fiji and Tonga make are the finest in the world, printed with actual traditional motifs and symbols, not paintings of old etchings that were done by early european explorers. Maybe check your research before making statements about the rest of Polynesia that are not grounded in fact.

@StopovertvHD

7 жыл бұрын

sorry if our information was wrong. thank for your visit.

@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478

5 жыл бұрын

noskiski Tongans are basically Samoans who became mixed up with Fijian bloods during the war of Samoa and Fiji in ancient times, Tonga Tapu means Sacred south while Tokelau means North Wind between these islands lies Samoa SACRED BIRD/FORBIDDEN HEART Samoa is where Ta'aroa(Polynesian God) resided the islands of Hawaiki(Polynesian homeland) is Savai'I the islands of Manu'a was where Ta'aroa langi resided Samoa is the Cradle of Polynesia, Samoan language is the most Spoken language of Polynesia, about 520,000 speakers and we'll known, because Samoa is the Cradle of Polynesia!!..

@leont5096

3 жыл бұрын

@@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478 sole ai kae

Interesting, Polynesians always had lands that indigenous peoples inhabited. Polynesia is also the furthest point away from Jerusalem. What is sickening is how catholics tried to claim Christianity as their own religion and invaded everyone's land. The gospel is for all peoples of the earth. To take it and conquer other people's lands and blame the Jews for everything, which is what the catholics have done, is not representing the example of Yeshua (Jesus). We will take an undivided gospel to the ends of the earth, free of prejudice or racism. As Jews our mission was never to be racially superior or divided people or make up a false catholic religion, but only to be a light to the nations so salvation and the teachings of God can reach the ends of the earth - Isaiah 49:6. So instead of invading indigenous lands and ruling with a false doctrine like the catholic church did, we should instead give them the teachings, tell them the catholic religion is a lie and let the indigenous people apply the teachings to their own lands and nationalities.

@eleazarhillel8427

4 жыл бұрын

Isnt that the truth? The Jewish nation always knows their homeland is Israel. The catholics have always invaded everyone. But our mission as Christians was to give them the word and the gospel and see Israel as the homeland, not to invade Polynesia and bring it under Spanish and French, and other control by catholicism.

Interesting people. Change is good and they have apparently adapted, as we all have. Sometimes old customs such as cannibalism should be abandoned for kindness that others brought to the islands. I wish to visit someday.

@vajeye-nar6172

Жыл бұрын

Change isnt good. Typical colonizer attitude

4:59 Is that a swastika?

@BillyJonesN5EVD

5 жыл бұрын

The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia, used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions. In the Western world, it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s, when it became a feature of Nazi symbolism as an emblem of Aryan identity and, as a result, it was stigmatized by its association with ideas of racism and antisemitism.

090223

These islands should be part of Perú. Inca Tupac Yupanqui discovered them before Spain. France has damaged these lands a lot for many years.

@MusMasi

5 жыл бұрын

Nah they should be part of themselves, and where is your proof the INCas where not a sea faring empire lol? The ancestors of the polynesian people who currently live there found it first. Before spain, before france.

@rachidelachouri

Жыл бұрын

Hoanom

@rachidelachouri

Жыл бұрын

Si dEndi esta la

@rachidelachouri

Жыл бұрын

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@rachidelachouri

Жыл бұрын

Hola

Very sad they no longer speak their native language

3:26, look they must be filming herpes commercial. apparently, people with herpes ride horses on beaches a lot

What a patronizing narration.

This narrative is garbage.

A tattoo is a symbol of a couch potato

Im a new zealand maori all due respect to my samoan and tongan cousins but we have nothing in common