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The Tahitian Culture By: Justin Cheng

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The Tahitian Culture. By: Justin Cheng. Origins. Tahiti is estimated to have been settled between AD 300 and 800 by Polynesians These Tahitian settlers are believed to have sailed from Fiji, Samoa, or Tonga. Tahiti is the biggest island in French Polynesia. A Closer Look. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Tahitian CultureBy: Justin Cheng

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OriginsTahiti is estimated to have been settled

between AD 300 and 800 by PolynesiansThese Tahitian settlers are believed to have

sailed from Fiji, Samoa, or Tonga.Tahiti is the biggest island in French

Polynesia

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European Contact in the 1700s Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti

on  June 18,1767, and is considered the first European visitor

Wallis was followed in April 1768 by the French explorer Louis-Antoine de, completing the first French circumnavigation. Bougainville made Tahiti famous in Europe when he published Voyage Autour Du Monde.

James Cook later visited the islands to view the Transit of Venus in April 1769.

After European contact and exploration died down, the Tahitian population died down from 35,000 to 16,000 all the way to 6000 at one point.

This was all due to guns, prostitution, venereal disease, alcohol, Christianity, and diseases such as typhus, influenza, and smalllpox.

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Tahiti in the 20th Century1946-Tahiti and all of French

Polynesia becomes a French overseas territory.

Paul Gauguin, a famous French painter lived in Tahiti in the 1890s and painted many Tahitian subjects.

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Who are the Tahitians?The indigenous Tahitians are of Polynesian ancestry comprising 70% of the population alongside Europeans, East Asians, and many mixed families.

Ultimately, the Tahitian population today is a huge melting pot of many different races and ethnicities.

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The Early TahitiansEarly Tahitians lived off the landLived in clans, each with roles to

help the community as a wholeWere expert fishermen and

craftsmen which both skills helped in trade.

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Tahitian Culture and Life in Tahiti TodayStill live off the landVery French influenced in cultureTourist flooded in some placesAncient culture is still preserved todayMost Tahitians speak multiple

language including French and their ancient dialect of Tuamotu.

There are approximately 262,000 residents of Tahiti

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Tahitian Culture TodayHeiva I TahitiTahitian Dance/MusicThe CityMy experience there

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Tahitian Culture outside of TahitiTahitian Dance has spread here,

Mexico, Japan, and many other countries.

Polynesian Tattoo has become very popular here as well.

Boating sports and Music are also becoming very popular all over the world.

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My Personal Experience with Tahitian Culture

Dancing and MusicArtBenefits of DancingCompeting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOgt-Xf084Q&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GUtT1vD2HE

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Mainstream Tahitian CultureThe only pieces of Tahitian Culture

that has passed into the states is the dance, music, and art.

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Musichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=1PX3VNG6C6I&feature=related <htn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUQuI8qu8Rg <nonosina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge2wXP5hJ9I <heikura nui

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Modernization/Traditional styles of Tahitian Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNYJxD2gCk <poerani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWZIIzt8XBw&feature=related <manuiahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5dKmM-oww <nonosina

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Is Modernization of Tahitian Culture Destroying the Tradition?In my opinion, because of the modernization of Tahitian dance and music in the states, many groups in the States are not keeping the culture. Even in Tahiti, some groups are falling out of tradition and falling in to the modern Tahitian dance hype. So yes, modernization is destroying the tradition, and only few groups are still around to keep the tradition how it should be.

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Manuia: The Keepers of Tradition

Personally, my group has been one of the few groups, maybe the only group in Tahitian dancing that has been keeping the real culture alive in the United States.

As a group, we give the audience a show of real Tahitian Culture, trying to persuade them to favor traditional dancing rather than the modern.

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Future of the Tahitian CultureWhat I hope for itTahitian Culture expansionHow fast it has been expanding

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