Hatihev

Fatu Hiva Hatihev Hiva Oa Kakahau Mea'e Iipona Nuku Hiva Puamau Ua Huka Ua Pou Vaitahu

Hatihev

on the island of Nuku Hiva

one of the islands of the Marquesas

 

 

tikis along the shore

 

 

a residence

 

getting ready for the ceremony

 

family transportation


Tohua Hikokua

 

tiki figures

 

sacred site

 

the drums

 

the dancers

 

 

 

 

 

 

tiki on the mea'e


Marquesas Oven

 

scraping away the coals
from the underground oven where the feast has been prepared

 

pulling back the burlap

 

and the palm leaves

 

to expose the roasted pig

 

the pork and the yams for the feast


Cargo Operations

 

 

whaleboats transferring cargo from the Aranui to the island dock

 

islanders watching the unloading

 

children playing on bags of copra awaiting shipment

 

pipe being hauled from the ship to an inland destination

 

paymaster for the loaded copra

 

horses must be hosted off into the water
and have to swim ashore

 

while tourists can arrive by helicopter


The Town

 

the church

 

school

 

shore side naval monument

 

island vegetation


Fatu Hiva Hatihev Hiva Oa Kakahau Mea'e Iipona Nuku Hiva Puamau Ua Huka Ua Pou Vaitahu

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