Sunday, April 10, 2011

Tahiti


  • Hawaii gets more visitors in 10 days than Tahiti does in an entire year.
  • It’s common to put a tiare (Tahiti’s national flower) behind one’s ear -- left side you’re taken, right if you’re looking. 
  • Over half of the population is under the age of 20 years old. 
  • The traditional method of "stone fishing" is still performed for special festivals.
  • The word tattoo originated in Tahiti. The legend of Tohu, the god of tattoo, describes painting all the oceans’ fish in beautiful colors and patterns. In Polynesian culture, tattoos have long been considered signs of beauty, and in earlier times were ceremoniously applied when reaching adolescence. 
  • Those things that look like mail boxes outside the homes of Tahitian residents are not for mail, but for French bread delivery. Residents get a fresh loaf dropped off twice a day.
  • Tipping(when buying food) in Tahiti and Her Islands is not required - nor expected.
  • There is no sales tax in Tahiti.
  • Tahitians express themselves through dance-but also through seven different languages. You can hear French, Tahitian, Marquesas, Tuamotu, Rutu, Tubai, & Mangareva on the islands.

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