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Packed with features you will quickly find the Datahub is an essential smart device for your boat. Well, our 90 day visa time in Polynesia is coming to an end. We will soon be making for Tonga. Lavender coral in the shallows off Tahiti. The History of Heiva. Music and dance have always been a central part of Polynesian culture. Tahitian dance, or "Ori Tahiti," is one of the most sophisticated and ritualized art forms of all time. However, it was not always practiced as freely in Tahiti as it is today.
When European Protestant missionaries arrived in the 19th century, they found such "erotic" displays to be offensive and King Pomare II legally banned the tradition in Thankfully, the Tahitian people found a way to keep dance alive, practicing the ritual in secret and passing on the tradition in anticipation for its revival. After Tahiti was annexed by France in , the Heiva festival began to take shape.
At that time, the event was called Tiurai — a derivation of the word July. It was meant to coincide with France's national holiday known as Bastille Day, which is still celebrated every year on July 14th. On this one day, France allowed Polynesians to partake in their traditional celebrations. The first festival included games, entertainment and singing, but dance was still somewhat restricted, forcing them to perform a much more "sanitized" version of Tahitian dance.
It wasn't until that Madeleine Moua, a high school principal from Papeete, spearheaded the full revival of Tahitian dance by forming the dance troupe Heiva Tahiti.
