Posts Tagged ‘polynesie’

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!

Air Tahiti Nui has launched the operation “Tahitian Vanilla Flavor” and offers during the week of June 15th to 19th original menus based on the famous Tahitian vanilla for passengers of all classes, thirteen flights to Tahiti.

Passengers will be pleased to discover that their plates of food are more fragrant than the others. From appetizer to dessert there are vanilla queen prawns and swordfish with vanilla, toasted sandwiches with vanilla cream and mango marmalade, bread opera or the traditional vanilla sorbet with vanilla …

In addition, passengers will be offered as a souvenir a Tahitian vanilla bean that will delight their taste buds with its enchanting fragrance …

Beyond the sheer pleasure of the senses, recent studies on the Orchidaceae recall that the Tahitian Vanilla has a unique variety, recognizable to the particular nuances of aniseed scent.

Crédit: Christian DUROCHER

The 128th Heiva I Tahiti opened on the 5th of June in the Paofai gardens of Papeete.

The organizing committee wanted this event to be different from the previous years and had 300 dancers who gave a magnificent performance!

The choreographer this year honored the older dances, something that hasn’t been done since the 1960’s.

It is a great moment for all the competitors and the public who could see the show before the dance competition opening Mid July.

>> Come and live a uniquely cultural experience…

Chris Sullivan, a New-Yorker beat boxer, known as « Shockwave », arrived on May 24th in Tahiti.

He received a warm welcome to the beat of the drums of the Marquisian group “Takitoa”!The first encounter was very intense, with an impressive demonstration of Marquisia Haka.  But the best is yet to come!On the occasion of the Elite Show which will take place on Friday, May 28 at the Sofitel Tahiti Maeva Beach Resort, Shockwave and Takitoa will perform together to create an exceptional and new show: a musical dialog between human beatbox and Polynesian music.

A “Must See” !

118600 glasses, 5500 fans, 1 total solar eclipse

Almost 5500 fans are expected