We watched while they covered the pit with leaves and then dirt. Cook time 1hr and 20min. Then
we took these little boats around and docked and looked at the various skills you need to keep you alive on an island of cannibals. Worked [well] untill guns were allowed in. They had a mat making demo with half no 3/4 dressed women. In truth these people had little to do besides hunt for food 24/7.
the mat gal was really cute and had no idea on earth how to do the weaving. She was still the only window dressing around. Mats were different for the chiefs. Really the entire world revolved around the chief, his women and his desire to get more women and more land.
The truth was that their lives revolved around war, more land and more women.
They had to be able to make fire and showed their skills with sticks [of the same wood] and very dry twigs and wood shavings.
One interesting detail was that it years to make a war canoe and to launch the canoe they had to offer 20 or so men to the gods. They actually launched the boat over their living bodies and squished them all dead. More dead men =more extra women. For the chief and most men had several women.. One wife and many concubines. The chief would arrange for a man to die and then he would send his old girls back to their villages, with their children and take the new ones as fresh meat. And often he [the chief] did eat a wife or two who were on his bad side. One infamous chief actually ate over 800 people!!! He documented his feasts by putting a rock on his food pile==800+.
See the fire his holding. Fire could be taken where it was need in rainy [Fiji] weather.
Tappa cloith is made out of the wild mullberry tree and then they use stenciles to complete the pattern overall. The stenciles were carved on bamboo and were then rolled over the paper product. Today brides will have a western wedding and then a Fijian wedding. The grooms family brings the bride on a friday [now] and then a man from the mans family comes and dresses the bride. I think that it is a man from the grooms side to make sure that the bride isn't a switcha roo. And I don't know what dresses the bride means and I am afraid of what that answer could be folks. She than has lunch with the groom and is then taken home to sleep with her family. Next day she goes back and spends the night. However, and this is a big fatttt - but- however, an old woman must watch them have sex and she must be satisfied that the bride is a "good girl-virgin". She is to watch the entire night. If she is satisfied then in the morning she will beat a drum to tell all that the bride was a "good girl." This is still done now. Oh yes, the bride wears a paper tapa dress on her night. I must tell you I almost died when Sr.
Buhn [assistant matron] said the ol lady thing is still done. now and today!!!
We went to a temple wedding on a friday day. Bride goes home with parents. Then the fijian wedding is on saturday and the divisian of the mats and all gifts. This is done by the fathers. And it was a stinky mess for the poor couple. The dads had a fight and both are temple workers.!! And the brides dad married her in the temple! I asked the women , [workers in the temple] one day if they had the old woman come on their honeymoon night? All hung their heads and said a simple no. I was VERY QUIET
after that about the whole wedding thing.
This contrapshon is a rat tricker. The extra food is placed in the hanging basket and rats fall off while trying to get the food. I think that they eat the rat if caught.
These are weapons of war and are made of a hard wood here call "iron wood". We will have to get a pic of the throat crusher. The vic is on his back and the crusher is used just under the chin. Wammo=dead. They would kill only a few like this, unless they were in a hurry. They really liked to torture. The truely worse part of the story is that they would tie up the children, who were captured, to trees and let the kids torture, kill and eat them all. [Girls included]
These are the little boats and Fiji's only 'draw bridge!"
Little ol me.
This is the entrance to their temple bure.
Chief with his wives.
we took these little boats around and docked and looked at the various skills you need to keep you alive on an island of cannibals. Worked [well] untill guns were allowed in. They had a mat making demo with half no 3/4 dressed women. In truth these people had little to do besides hunt for food 24/7.
the mat gal was really cute and had no idea on earth how to do the weaving. She was still the only window dressing around. Mats were different for the chiefs. Really the entire world revolved around the chief, his women and his desire to get more women and more land.
The truth was that their lives revolved around war, more land and more women.They had to be able to make fire and showed their skills with sticks [of the same wood] and very dry twigs and wood shavings.
One interesting detail was that it years to make a war canoe and to launch the canoe they had to offer 20 or so men to the gods. They actually launched the boat over their living bodies and squished them all dead. More dead men =more extra women. For the chief and most men had several women.. One wife and many concubines. The chief would arrange for a man to die and then he would send his old girls back to their villages, with their children and take the new ones as fresh meat. And often he [the chief] did eat a wife or two who were on his bad side. One infamous chief actually ate over 800 people!!! He documented his feasts by putting a rock on his food pile==800+.
See the fire his holding. Fire could be taken where it was need in rainy [Fiji] weather.
Tappa cloith is made out of the wild mullberry tree and then they use stenciles to complete the pattern overall. The stenciles were carved on bamboo and were then rolled over the paper product. Today brides will have a western wedding and then a Fijian wedding. The grooms family brings the bride on a friday [now] and then a man from the mans family comes and dresses the bride. I think that it is a man from the grooms side to make sure that the bride isn't a switcha roo. And I don't know what dresses the bride means and I am afraid of what that answer could be folks. She than has lunch with the groom and is then taken home to sleep with her family. Next day she goes back and spends the night. However, and this is a big fatttt - but- however, an old woman must watch them have sex and she must be satisfied that the bride is a "good girl-virgin". She is to watch the entire night. If she is satisfied then in the morning she will beat a drum to tell all that the bride was a "good girl." This is still done now. Oh yes, the bride wears a paper tapa dress on her night. I must tell you I almost died when Sr.
Buhn [assistant matron] said the ol lady thing is still done. now and today!!!
We went to a temple wedding on a friday day. Bride goes home with parents. Then the fijian wedding is on saturday and the divisian of the mats and all gifts. This is done by the fathers. And it was a stinky mess for the poor couple. The dads had a fight and both are temple workers.!! And the brides dad married her in the temple! I asked the women , [workers in the temple] one day if they had the old woman come on their honeymoon night? All hung their heads and said a simple no. I was VERY QUIET
after that about the whole wedding thing.
This contrapshon is a rat tricker. The extra food is placed in the hanging basket and rats fall off while trying to get the food. I think that they eat the rat if caught.These are weapons of war and are made of a hard wood here call "iron wood". We will have to get a pic of the throat crusher. The vic is on his back and the crusher is used just under the chin. Wammo=dead. They would kill only a few like this, unless they were in a hurry. They really liked to torture. The truely worse part of the story is that they would tie up the children, who were captured, to trees and let the kids torture, kill and eat them all. [Girls included]
These are the little boats and Fiji's only 'draw bridge!"
Little ol me.
This is the entrance to their temple bure.
temple boar ee ka lo
Chief with his wives.Old chicks.
Announcer guy.
Temple bure in background.
Preparation of rocks for fire walk. The rocks are really white hot.
Friends. Bothwell, Wheeler, Pat Stagg, and dad and I.
Hot rocks.
The following are actual black and white photos from the 1830-1840.
Standard outrigger - most were made in tonga [not china-ha ha]
Crystal Molen.
Ward husking a cocunut.
Hot chick!!
Announcer guy.
Temple bure in background.
Preparation of rocks for fire walk. The rocks are really white hot.
Friends. Bothwell, Wheeler, Pat Stagg, and dad and I.
Hot rocks.
The following are actual black and white photos from the 1830-1840.Standard outrigger - most were made in tonga [not china-ha ha]
Crystal Molen.
Ward husking a cocunut.
Hot chick!!
My favorite part of Pacific Harbor. The water lilly gardens.
Good hair day.
Braiding has always been in style.
Young woman not yet tattooed and my lucky flash. No R rated photos here folks.
The cape thing is still here. They did it to the guys when we were in the village also. Part of every gift giving is always yards and yards of fabric. Look at
To call people had these huge hollow logs at various intervals and would beat them with huge clubs. Really made a huge noise. And they were huge. Just look at how dad looks small!
Pacific Harbor lilly pond.
This is again Pacific Harbor, just another view of the lillys.
I have seen candles made like this and I was so dumb I thought it was fake. These are flowers from the rain forest.
Sorry that the photos were so oddly spaced-operator troubles. Me.
Good hair day.
Braiding has always been in style.
Young woman not yet tattooed and my lucky flash. No R rated photos here folks.
The cape thing is still here. They did it to the guys when we were in the village also. Part of every gift giving is always yards and yards of fabric. Look at
To call people had these huge hollow logs at various intervals and would beat them with huge clubs. Really made a huge noise. And they were huge. Just look at how dad looks small!
Pacific Harbor lilly pond.
This is again Pacific Harbor, just another view of the lillys.
I have seen candles made like this and I was so dumb I thought it was fake. These are flowers from the rain forest.
Sorry that the photos were so oddly spaced-operator troubles. Me.
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