HUAHINE
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Mt. Puhaerei1516
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LAND MATERIALS
OCEANIC MATERIALS
Trees and Grass
BEESThe Honey Bee is known for its order, its support, and
complex systems of navigation. The bee unlike any ot
Honey Bee produces the only food eaten by man in its natural
state. This food known as honey is the only fsustain life. It
contains enzymes, minerals, vitamins, and water. In the next few
years, Tahiti is hoping to estabsource of exportation. Given its
environmentally friendly attributes and the increasing strengths to
human b
think but they support 25 times their own weight.
Honey bees communicate by dancing, theyre deaf, and therefore
cannot communicate via sound. This danc
that are beating at 11,400 times per minute.
BONESA body is possible to maintain its shape and posture due to
the skeletal frame made up of individual bones,Skin and muscle
surround it, creating a stable form that wont fall apart. Internal
organs such as the heart anforces, entombed within a cage like
system composed of bone; such examples include the skull and
ribs.
Bone is composed of several tissue layers and interlace with
blood vessels, making the bone hollow in theassumed.1The color of
bones include white, ivory, and pear. The color is based on the
conditions that surrounds the obcold. Exposure to sun and its heat,
dries the exterior at a faster pace exposing the colors of the
calcium and
and can only be smoothen out through polishing, which eliminates
the sponge like structure.
FEATHERS: BN: Black Noddy; BGN: Blue Grey Noddy; CM: Common
Maynah; C: Chicken; RD: Rock Dove; ZFeathers are an external
appendage that from the outer coverage of avian animals. Also known
as plumage,
cies, classes, sexes, ages and seasons.
are small and numerous in amount which makes the body of the
feather appear to be solid when in fact it iscomponents.
FLOWERS
petals and falls to the ground.
clothing, tour bus, and staging events, creating a warm and
colorful atmosphere that is pleasing to the eyes
nylon string because it is easier and cleaner when creating
leis. The lei can be created in multiple ways. Depemixed to create
contrast in the lei. The lei are usually given to the guest or
tourist around their neck so they be welcomed to the island.
HAIR/FURFur is usually what describes a type of hair on animals,
each species has their own distinct characteristics and functions
for the hair on their bodies. Hair like features can also be found
on plants, these are usually ways for the plant to collect water so
it can s There are two distinct structures for hair, the hair
follicle or bulb, which is also the living part of the material
Hair/fur serves many purposes; the most common are protection and
insulation. Eyelashes and eyebrows protect the eyes and trigger the
response of closing the eyelids to keep out dirt, duharmful to they
eye.
characteristics of hair that separates itself from the obvious.
Fur was mostly used for ornament and warmth,for clothing and for
decorating objects that needed leather.Eyelashes and eyebrows
protect the eyes and trigger the response of closing the eyelids to
keep out dirt, duful to they eye. The most common purpose of hair
is aesthetic; the scalp is protected by terminal hair which
VANILLA BEANThe vanilla bean is the fruit of a vanilla orchid.
The vine is not native to Tahiti, it is a hybrid of Bourbon and
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Plantations in Tahiti are small and family owned and operated.
The export of vanilla makes up a big portion export industry. The
bean takes 9 months to mature from pollination and another 2 months
for drying. It is a
There are over 20 plantations on Huahine, 12 are located on
Huahine Iti.
VOLCANIC ROCKThe colors range from gray to grayish brown with
hues of red and purple.
The texture is much smoother compared to stones on other islands
and they have much fewer air pockets.Volcanic rock is formed when
the lava from a volcanic explosion cools either by hitting ocean
water or by th
The major type of volcanic stone found here in Tahiti is basalt.
Basalt rock is very common due to the activity
stone makes up the majority of volcanic rock in Tahiti.
The color of volcanic rock varies depending on how quickly the
lava cooled. The most common colors of ba
Basalt rock typically cools slower because it is very dense and
there are very few air holes on the smooth texthe contemporary
stone tikis that are carved and sold today.
Volcanic stone has a high heat capacity; this quality allows it
to absorb and radiate enough heat to even coo
CORALThere are many species of coral and they are found all over
Huahine these species are,-Synarea-Montastraea Annularis is known
as the boulder star coral, this coral lives in the western Atlantic
Ocean and the most abundant species of reef-building coral in the
Caribbean.
-Porites-Acropora may grow as plates or slender or broad
branches. Acropora corals are colonies of individuals knowacross
and sharetissue and a nerve net. The polyps can withdraw back into
the coral in response to movemepredators, but when undisturbed they
protrude slightly. The polyps usually extend further at night as
they c-Montipora may grow as plates or ridges it looks like a bowl
shells, or debris.
FISH: FT: Fish Traps; FM: Fish Market; D: Docks
natural supply of running water. Fish exhibit many
characteristics, especially when studying species
throughsize/shape, and taste.
PEARL/MOTHER PEARLBlack Pearls are actually most often
multicolored, with metallic steel gray being the most common color.
Tnatural and is imparted by the oyster, which produces dark,
multicolored mother-of-pearl secretions. Natura
stocks would quickly be depleted. Tahitian oyster shells are
known for being dark and these shells are only grown in the islands
of French Polynstart the grafting process it is about 3 years old.
The grafting technique is a term used for cultured pearls
inincision is created to separate the mouth of the oyster shells
from one end to the other. After the incision, ththan an inch wide
in order to not tear the muscle. After, a nucleus with no more than
5 to 6 millimeters largeoyster shell. The nucleus is a particle of
a fresh water oyster shell that is imported into the French
PolynesianThen, when implanting the nucleus in the Tahitian oyster,
it is wrapped around with a graft which is a piece,
gonad and then both the graft and nucleus are inserted in.
SANDSand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources
and conditions in the environment.White sands found in tropical and
subtropical coastal settings are eroded limestone, shell and coral
fragmenmaterials that have been broken down in the water to become
sand.The black sands of Tahiti are rich in magnetite derived from
volcanic basalts and obsidian. In addition, sand and deposited in
the form of beaches, dunes, and sand bars.
SHARKThere are more than 1200 species of sharks that live in the
seas and freshwaters of the world. In French Poly
tip sharks, Grey sharks, Lemon sharks, Hammer head sharks.
Around the island of Huahine, the most common shark is the Black
Tip Reef Shark, which swims around the
sharks will stay at a local area for several years and will
probably never leave their habitat. This shark is very tdanger to
humans.
are replaced continuously throughout their lifetime. Sharks skin
is biologically structured to aid the shark w
Their scales are positioned in a backwards position following
its shape, which helps them swim faster. Shar
SEASHELLSA seashell has a protective outer layer created by a
marine animal. The word seashell is most often used to mlusk. In
the tropical and sub tropical areas of the planet, there are more
species of colorful, large and shallowmollusks have an external
shell: some mollusks are found to have internal shells.In the
world, there are about 600 million species of mollusks and in the
region of French Polynesia, exists aspecies of mollusks.Within the
mollusk family, seashells can be categorized into 7 distinct
groups; the bivalves, monoplacophorgastropods, polyplacophorans and
the cephalopods. But in the Polynesian islands 4 are found most
abundapods, polyplacophorans and the cephalopods.Much of the
mollusks in Polynesia are located within the reefs of each of the
islands. Finding much of their fthe barrier reefs are the ideal
home of the mollusks. With 14 islands making up the Society
Islands, the distr
ate from one island to another
ritual, weapons and jewelry.
SEA TURTLESea turtles are distributed worldwide and can be found
all over the oceans. Sea turtles are found in warm anworld. The sea
turtles are in endangered of extinction because the lack of
habitable space and being hunted
weigh 300 - 350 pounds. A green turtles top shell is smooth and
has shades of black, gray, green, brown, anyellow with white. The
turtles can be found in tropical and subtropical areas near
continental coasts and aroGreen sea turtles spend most of their
lives submerged, but do breathe air when needed. The lungs permit
a
rest or sleep underwater for several hours at a time but deep
diving is shorter while diving for food or escap
BAMBOOBamboo has a woody, round, jointed and straight stem and
grows to a height of about forty feet and upwar
In French Polynesia, the color and form of Bamboo is somewhat
consistant. The two colors of Bamboo discoand Huahine include
yellow and green Bamboo. There are two types of Bamboo that
currently exist in French Polynesia: Poraa Bamboo and Ofe Tahiti
Bambmostly in Raiatea and Huahine, is the European Bamboo,
originally imported by the French. Ofe Bamboo, onBamboo. Ofe Bamboo
is green, while Paraa is Yellow.
BANANA TREE
indigenous to French Polynesia. In order to eat the fruit of the
two trees which are indigenous to the island, others can be eaten
raw.When the bananas are green, they are plucked and kept in a
special climate to ripen to a yellow, purple, or rand sweet and can
be used as deserts. Bananas grow in clusters on the main upright
stem, which after fruitiouter protective layer which has a soft and
thick texture. The leaves of the banana tree can also be used for
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also used to wrap foods in, and place it in the Tahitian oven,
which then gives the food a distinct scent. Wheto create costumes
for traditional Tahitian dances.The trunk of the tree is taken on
the canoes for the long trips as food for animals, when torn apart
they prod
horizontally; therefore it can be used as a hard material for
wrapping food aliments in it.
BANYAN TREE
grow high on the moist branches of rain forest trees, sending
numerous roots to the groundhave orange color and are dispersed by
a variety of fruit-eating birds and bats. Ficus Banian Timportant
components of tropical forest ecosystem. During the day hundreds of
animals fee
down upon the branches. Fig trees are typically producing three
or more crops of fruit a yearthe year when other sources are in
short supply. In addition to the remarkable fruit source, h
frogs, lizards, bees, wasps, beetles and ants use the tree as
their home.
ground far below. The bark of the tree mostly always in shade
and covered with the moss plaskin color look to the exterior of the
tree. Polynesian banyans also grow near native settlemeIn addition
to providing shade, they have several interesting uses. Slender
aerial roots are pic
COCONUT TREEThe coconut tree is an indigenous tree found in all
of French Polynesia. The root system of the coconut tree to trees
of similar growth height. The roots form a dense network in the
form of a ball.
depending on the age of the seed.
among the coconut tree foliage.
MAPE (Tahitian Chestnut)In America its called the chestnut. The
tree can grow to be as big as 30m tall and 2-6m wide in diameter;
maMape can be found near fresh water grounds. It has been said it
came from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phil
18cm. The average lifespan of the trees ranges from 80-90 years.
Mapes season is during November and Deinto a transformation of
color, it starts as green and as it matures it changes to an orange
color and then it c
PANDANUS (Tahitian- Fara/Hinano); G: Growth; P: ProductPandanus
is a genus of monocots with about 600 species. Plants vary in size
from small (less than 1 meter) t
that are also bract-surrounded. The fruits are globose (round)
10-20cm in diameter and have many prism likapple. The fruit changes
from green to bright orange/red as it matures. The fruit of some
species are edible. There are 10 types of pandanus in Huahine.
The female plants have the fruit; fruits can be as big as a
human head. Inside the fruit is a nut similar to an almeat.
Fara iri: mostly used for mats and does not have thorns.Fara
Paeore: has really long leafs and does not have thorns.Fara Peve
(Fara a): its used for mats.Fari-ai-ai (fara a manger): has a large
nutFara-paoo: giant pandanusFara-papa: can be found on
rocksFara-vao-vao: mountain birds uses it to build
nestsFara-pure-pure: dry leafs and have black and brown
spotsFara-uruhi: the plant lives on the edge of the water. Its
really thick and as it grows it makes a fence betweenAll of them
can be used for roofs except for the fara-paeore because the leafs
are too long and thin.
PINE
(almost grey) and the inner bark is an extremely warm, reddish
brown. The bark contains an
UMBRELLAThe umbrella tree (also known as the African Corkwood
tree, or by its Latin name Acajou Dato the island of Huahine, but
visually dominates all of the mountainous regions along with
thimported from Africa. It can reach a height of 100 ft and can
have a diameter from 1 to 3 ft. Tcan reach a quarter of an inch in
thickness, and is attached to the tree very lightly. The
functphloem, which is the area of the tree in which the transfer of
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LegendMelanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Population Density per square mileUnder 40
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Marquesas Archipelago
Gambier Archipelago
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Austral Archipelago
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Ocial Name - French Polynesia (la Polynsie Franaise)Capital City
- PapeeteLand Area - Total: 4,176 sq km (118 islands and atolls in
vsq km Water: 507 sq kmPopula on - 259,596Religion - Protestant
54%, Roman Catholic 30%, Other 16%Ocial Languages - French (ocial)
and Tahi an (ocial)Currency - CFP (French Pacic franc) (XPF)Head of
State - President of the French Republic: HE NicolHead of
Government - President of French Polynesia: HE OFlight Schedule-
Five ights go in and out in one day on Hu
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Leeward Islands
Ship Route
Inter-island Flight Route
Popular Tourist Islands
Windward Islands
THE WORLD OCEANIA SDNALSI YTEICOS EHTAISENYLOP HCNERF
The presence of plants,
1827The 50-year reign of Queen Pomare IV begins.
to Tahiti and demands compensation for the expulsion.
3000BC
pigs and dogs lends to the theory that it originated
Archeological, ethno-linguistic and other research puts the
start of Polynesian settlement around this time.
1000AD
800ADPolynesians reach the Society Islands.
Dutch explorer Roggeveen sights Bora Bora.
1722
1769Captain Cook arrives on Tahiti and observes the transit of
Venus.
1836French Catholic priests are expelled fromTahiti by the
Polynesians.
1803King Pomare II
Moorea.
1774Priests from Spain spend a year on Tahiti.
1842France declares Tahiti and the Marquesas as a
protectorate.
18381797First Protestant missionaries arrive in
Tahiti-Polynesia.
1843The capital city of Papeete is founded.
1844-1847Tahitian War of Independence.
1880France changes the status from protectorate to colony.
1884
the city of Papeete.
1887France annexes the Leeward Islands.
1891Paul Gauguin arrives on Tahiti.
1903 Paul Gauguin dies on the island of Hiva Oa in the
Marquesas.
1914German cruisers shell Papeete during World War I.
1918
kills about 20% of the polynesian population.
1942The United States establishes a military base on the island
of Bora Bora during WWII.
1945Tahitians become French citizens.
1958Tahitian independence leader Pouvanaa a Oopa is arrested by
the French.
1958France changes the status from colony to overseas
territory.
1961The international airport at Faa'a opens.
1964France moves its nuclear testing facility to the Tuamotus
Islands.
1966
nuclear test explosion occurs.
1974France discontinues atmospheric tesand moves testing
underground.
1977France grants partial internal autonomy toFrench
Polynesia.
1974 Increased internal autonomy is grant
France sends a gunboat
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Missionaries arrive to Tahiti1748
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LegendEarly Migration Pattern
Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia
Coconut Export
Black Pearls Export
Vanilla Export
>50% Import