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7 unusual facts about Polynesian culture


Earl Schenck

He secured a roving commission from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, the leading museum in the world in Polynesian research, to make miniatures and gather artifacts of various Polynesian Islands and spent fourteen years traveling from island to island.

Fa'asamoa

The fa'asamoa consists of the Samoan language, and customs of relationships and culture, that is a traditional and continuing Polynesian lifestyle of the Pacific Islands and diaspora.

Matthew Cowley

He was affectionately known as the "Polynesian Apostle" because of his intimate knowledge of Polynesian culture and the Māori language.

Norfolk Pigeon

Prior to European settlement, the bird had been hunted by the Polynesian settlers of the island.

Ooga Booga

It has a distinct Polynesian style and tone, and has many multiplayer islands and characters which can be unlocked.

Polynesian culture

However the "out of Taiwan model" has been recently challenged by a study from Leeds University and published in Molecular Biology and Evolution.

STS-50

Through the experiment, crew members were able to contact amateur radio operators, a Polynesian sailing vessel replica out in the Pacific Ocean, and selected schools around the world.


Ramon Te Wake

In 2005 Te Wake joined King Kapisi in presenting Pasifika 2005 festival, the biggest Polynesian culture festival in the world held in Auckland every year since 1992, it was televised on TV2.


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