Traditions of Polynesia (1993) 4K

Presenter Ramona Papali'i explores the Māori custom of returning the placenta to the land, the Samoan ceremony of betrothal, and the practice of traditional Samoan tattoo. Viewers are offered access to a Niuean ear-piercing ceremony and the investiture of a Fijian chief. There are stories of walking statues at Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and of the goddess Pele's volcanic beauty in Hawaii. Papali’i interviews local knowledge keepers in each land, revealing what's at the heart of Polynesian culture: family, community, and people.
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[@SamoaMediaNZ]

Watch The Polynesian Panthers (1970). Link below kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmi9aIOMYqeehKM

[@BarHawa]

Hearing them sing pese o le tatau like that and siva o le siapo makes me wish we still sang like that in all samoan communities.

[@warriorQueen369]

I miss these days of truth in our real culture nowadays some do it for belonging and it looks religious but respect love and blessings to all my people that stand strong still today my warriors of the pacific in truth love and unity love yous all FAAVAE LE ATUA! SAMOA MO SAMOA 🇼🇸 ❤❤❤

[@elizabethquon3568]

As a Samoan/Polynesian I enjoyed this film because it was a realistic portrayal of the people of the South Pacific and showed their own abundance of resources . Unlike others Polynesians have existed for thousands of years and existed without all the assistance of others. Their navigational skills, home building which I hope someone will take up as a film, and complexity of their own cultures without worldly influences. They created their own world .

[@mrphantom8608]

Polynesian were derived from Austronesian.

[@thomasthecommentrater3703]

⁠@@mrphantom8608 Yes that is true, but it isn’t something Polynesians find culturally important. Samoa is as far back as any legends say they come from. In Polynesian culture Austronesian means almost nothing.

[@mrphantom8608]

@@thomasthecommentrater3703 There news about Polynesians traveling to Taiwan to trace their root.

[@sillau9]

​@@mrphantom8608 Polynesians are their own people 🙄..Austronesian is not the full makeup of Polynesian🤦🏻‍♀️..such a ignorant comment and understanding of anything 😒

[@DontTickle]

You can see where the polynesian triangle starting point is, the ancestors of all polynesians today came from Samoa&Tonga. Very interesting history

[@PepeAnguna-po1gm]

You are right, it's mixing off.the toto with tauiwi that's where denial and the Bull shit comes in 😮

[@tanimatafeo]

Thank you for sharing Samoa Media NZ! I remember watching these series when I was younger. Will you be uploading the other episodes?

[@benjifitnessnwellbeing]

I miss visiting samoa and watching my nana weave mats a tradition that needs to carry on

[@jonathanthurston4673]

Samoa is a rich culture. Proud to be. ..🙏🏽

[@cameronleaana1153]

So good to see this gem

[@saletelemaana4753]

Kalofa e isi o'u tama Letelema'ana Fuga miss you dad may you rest in peace 💔💔💔

[@nvs7445]

Chhhheeeeehhooooooo Samoa Muamua Le Atua! ❤️🇦🇸🇼🇸

[@sianaD0x]

Yes for all three of my kids gifts were given and shared amongst our families! As well as extra traditions for example duties of the mothers brothers as well as the fathers duty to his sister 🇹🇴

[@williamkuhns2387]

In Samoa the placenta of a girl is buried outside doorway of house so she will grow up to be a wife. Placenta of a boy is buried on the beach so he will grow to be a fisherman.

[@mohdradzimahmud734]

It s amazing this burial of the placenta is also practiced by the Malays in malaysia

[@newzealandforholidays]

In Samoa, they used to bury placenta in the ground and they would plant a coconut, a breadfruit etc in that place so it will grow and be fruitful, just like they wish the baby to be as they grow up!

[@RuaTheHua]

We came from the same family tree

[@BarHawa]

Our Austronesian family ❤

[@matthewlio6995]

Samoa is the cradle of Polynesia, and the heart of the Pacific

[@BarHawa]

Yep the oral traditions from all Polynesians start off at Savai'i. We're all one people ♥️ Tagata Mao'i Kanaka Maoli Tangata Maori Ma'ohi etc

[@jaqenhghar2970]

not all. Just some. @@BarHawa

[@calvinthomas1548]

I would say rapanui s da start of Polynesians.. When the first time east meets west which gave us da lighter skin, from the melanesian etc

[@AlhamdulilJesus]

Fiji is the heart of the pacific.

[@tiaaug283]

@@BarHawaSavai’i? 🤷🏾‍♂️ how? When? Since when? A lot of Savaii History falls under the Tui Tonga…🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ReidRay-yq4tt]

I never knew a placenta looked like that. It’s so much it’s a bag of blood! I’ve never seen one. Didn’t really expect that as the intro to this video lol

[@TipzKingianusi-rx7bp]

This is one of the best way I can understand it well done good to know 👏👏🙏

[@user-mw8oo5du4h]

13:40 is 100% right. Fiti doesn't mean Fiji Islands. It is talking about Rotuma. A trade took place between the Samoan travellers and the Rotumans whereby the Samoans gave the Rotumans their "tree of life" and the Rotumans gave them the tattoos. If you can find the early drawings of Rotumans then you'd find the tattoos in the same areas only their tattoos were different. It contained birds and animals etc,...

[@user-mw8oo5du4h]

It's not only in your songs but also in our knowledge passed down generations. Just as our original language has changed, don't expect every Rotuman to know this piece of history.

[@benbasaga2013]

No Fiti is talking about Fiji because that is what Sa calls Fiji and even a word such as Togafiti exists to show the relationship they had since ancient times that meant trickster but literally means Tonga and Fiji. And the story of the tatau coming from Fiji is accurate because in the islands of Fiji only the women received the tattoo not the men and Fiji and Samoa as well as Tonga has been interacting with each other since ancient times and share blood

[@jezshaddup]

Great content👏🏽rare footage. Thanks

[@leont5096]

❤❤❤

[@user-uw9xt7bv3q]

The People know🇫🇯 it's Viti which is Fiji in Our itaukei Language.

[@nativoa4721]

🙏❤👏

[@yungming2046]

🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 fijian

[@benjifitnessnwellbeing]

Its crazy how similar our languages are.

[@hawaiiankingdom4186]

Mahalo nui loa

[@ShaNayNayZontPlayPlay]

I LOVE BEING PASIFIKA

[@user-rs9bu4pl7h]

We're not Austronesian..We are Polynesian

[@sillau9]

Exactly..I get soo irritated by the so called Asians tryna cop onto us..just cuz they are obsessed wit the Austronesian aspect😂😒..Austronesian isn't the full story or makeup of Polynesia

[@SIDBonanza]

TU’I TONGA , EIKI LAHI OE PASIFIKI

[@jaqenhghar2970]

of the MOANA. Pasefiki is a palangi term.

[@Lagituaiva]

TUI MANU’A, EIKI LAHI OE PASEFIKI even created the Tui Tonga line 🤙

[@SIDBonanza]

@@Lagituaiva not really TU’I manua wasn’t a empire it’s all made up Uce, story didn’t exist 40 years ago …Tagaloa and Maui ..hikuleo pulotu and Lapita our true origins

[@Lagituaiva]

@@SIDBonanza u wish it was made up 😅 there’s a reason Tongan Scholars & Historians talk about the Tui Manu’a Empire Of Samoa.

[@SIDBonanza]

@@Lagituaiva Uce relax Trying so hard there , story was loi elo …Tongan empire evidence everywhere around the pacific Moana TONGATAPU the real deal …

[@Tera4m]

50% Samoan, 50% Māori,, 💯% Hebrew 4 Life House of Joseph via both Tribe of Ephraim & Manasseh Tribe #BirthRight #DoublePortion #DoubleBlessings Pukana, Blahhh,,😝😜😛 Shalom & JAH Bless…

[@slugshell2901]

26:14 21:53

[@williamwalls9768]

Im six and a half hours in and aint seen any sign of tattoos

[@MrYougotcaught]

AUSTRONESIAN PRIDE RIGHT HERE

[@sillau9]

Seh!, if you not Pacific Islander or Polynesian..this is not about you

[@SoloFua]

SAMOA TATAU ORIGINAL FROM FITIUTA,MANU'A.FIJIAN GOT NO RELATION TO POLYNESIAN PEOPLE TIL 3500 BC.

[@benbasaga2013]

Fiji is Polynesian as well culturally and linguistically, and has had relationships with Tonga and Samoa since ancient times. The tattoo is likely to come from Fiji because only the women would be tattooed and it was done by the women and not for/by the men

[@user-rs9bu4pl7h]

Aw, that's a lot of gobble wash Samoa is the cradle of Polynesia

[@lja3785]

Not gods. The God.. Le Atua

[@Meat-pp5rh]

Thank God for the good news of Jesus Christ that saved some of us from our paganism.