Big beach picnic, complete with a whole roasted pig, on an uninhabited moto Mon. night, Aug 12 plus entertainment  Spectacular sunset.  But the highlight was the Polynesian dancing, a part of the culture that hasapparently survived the missionaries.  Dance is taken quite seriously and children begin to study when they are quite young.  It is very athletic, particularly for the men.  And the culmination is the fire dancing.  Don’g know how they manage it, but it does seem that a flaming torch caresses skin and isplaced on the tongue.  

 

IMG_1795 Dance Troupe

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