Posts Tagged ‘festivités’

The city of Punauia will host the feast of the orange on the 26th and 27th June. This city is considered as the Orange stronghold of Tahiti.

Two days of festivities is not enough to commemorate this legendary fruit. The fruits pickers leave at the beginning of the week for the “Plateau of Oranges” ; they are welcomed on friday by the major and villagers of the town where they admire those men, often carrying more than 100 pounds over their shoulders!

The remainder of the week-end will be more festive: tahitian dancing, exhibition of the oranges, traditional sports competition (stone lifting, fruit carrier race, Va’a race…), open water fishing contest and a concert to top it all off!

So, let the party begin!

 The city of Papeete is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year.

Crédit: GIE Tourisme - Kirkland

Many cultural and sporting events were organized during the week of May 17^th through the 23^rd such as folkloric and traditional dances, singing competitions, dugouts races, swimming races and a marathon. There was an exhibition entitled “Papeete, testimony of another time” at the city hall. All events were aimed at promoting the Papeete of yesterday and today, for the Tahitians and the visitors.

2010 is the ideal year to discover the Papeete, its history, its treasures and all its mysteries…

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