Polynesia

Polynesia Population Polynesia has an estimated 691,346 (Not including New Zealand) people to inhabit the earth and spread over different countries. The records show that the population since 1955 has increased by over 400,000 people and still is increasing today. In 1955, the population was 274,119 then by 1990; it reached 547,896 then after 15 years in 2005; it got to 641,022 then to the present we know as 691,346 (Not including New Zealand). The population each year increases from 3.8 thousand people to 10.5 thousand people. Traditional Gamily Groups The first people to set foot on the Polynesian lands is quite hard to determine since the Polynesian area is spread over the Oceania, but there is information on who set foot in the various…

I believe that the Polynesian Expansion was more advanced than the Khmer Empire due to the facts that Polynesia’s geography, religion and traditions/cultures were more beneficial. Polynesia is geographically further away from its main enemies as it is made up of a cluster of small scattered islands. The Khmer Empire is based on the mainland of Asia where they were in frequent contact with other competing tribes and groups of people who would try and fight them for their land. Polynesia is based…

You may look at places like the islands of French Polynesia, such as Bora Bora, Tahiti, Mo’orea, or Fakarava, as “paradise” or “a perfect getaway”, but have you ever realized that every nation has complications? All around the globe, greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental issues are taking place. While French Polynesia takes no action in these events of global harm, they are the first to feel the destructive impacts on our climate and ocean. As sea level begins to rise and the amount…

French Polynesian Islands serve many purposes. These include storytelling, entertainment [bringue parties], celebration, and spreading cultural awareness. The music of the French Polynesia is logogenic, which means it is word oriented rather than melody oriented. The words in French Polynesian songs must be clearly annunciated, while the accompanying melody is mainly to provide a tune to remind performers and audiences of the words it associates with. Contemporary Polynesian music is heavily…

Alternative archeological theories, ranging from ideas explaining Atlantis to Stonehenge, are both intriguing and rather creative. However, the validity of such claims can be discussed, argued and explored. Investigating how reputable these ideas actually are when compared to legitimate archeological evidence is rather interesting. Easter Island is often described as the most remote place on earth. It is an isolated volcanic island located in Polynesia whose native name is Rapa Nui. This island…

Easter Island is said to have formed from three converging volcanos about 7500 years ago. It is also believed to be the most remote spot on Earth making it an amazing thing that people happened upon it and made it their home. These people lived on a thriving island for hundreds of years before the downfall and ultimately their near destruction. Napa Nui are the people who occupied Easter Island and are said to have been religious and superstitious, giving the belief that the mysterious 850 or…

The artefact that I have chosen is a wooden tablet with a system of glyph engravings called Rongorongo, specifically the Small Santiago Tablet. Rongorongo is one of the worlds rare undeciphered scripts which are comprised of lines of symbols, many of which are birds or other animal forms, engraved with every second line being upside down. The text is said to be read from left to right, bottom to top, which is also known as the reverse boustrophedon (Bahn, 1996). This famous enigma of Easter…

There are many theory’s for why and how the Polynesians spread across the pacific, but there is no definite answer. So I’ve collected information from many different websites to create an explanation on how the Polynesians travelled across the entire pacific. The early Polynesians were intelligent explorers who settled in remote islands in the pacific. The Polynesians are descendants of the Lapita people who lived on the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The Lapita people settled in…

The Rapa Nui people were a set of tribes who lived in Easter Island, which nowadays belongs to the Chilean government and there's a population of 2.095 people. They descend from the first settlers from Polynesia. LOCATION AND CREATION OF THE ISLAND The Easter Island is a very little island in the Polynesia which was formed by three volcanic eruptions in the bottom of the sea between 3,000,000 and 750,000,000 years ago, which made the island have a triangular shape. All the volcanos in the island…

introduced French Polynesia to Catholicism in 1845, only 10 percent of the population is Catholic. The Tahitians follow a religion/heritage once built by the Maohi ancestors. One belief they have is that within everyone's physical body, there lies a soul. The soul wanders around when you’re sleeping (this projects your dreams), and it inhabits your body when you’re awake. Death occurs when your soul leaves the body. Some also believe that people have two souls; when you die, one soul goes to…