Island Village: Aotearoa ll Pōwhiri || Polynesian Cultural Center 

This channel is one of my favorites. I've learned so much about Polynesian cultures and it makes me yearn to learn more.

As a haole living on the east coast, the resources I have for learning about Maori, Hawaiian and other Polynesian cultures is so limited. This channel is like a little portal to a world I am always searching to learn more about. This video is particularly special to me though; this is anthropology in motion. Ive always wanted to know and understand this ceremony. This video finally gave me a foot in the door of understanding it. Ive said it before but ill keep saying it, thank you from the bottom of my heart for making these videos.

0:39 “in those times, this was a matter of life and death” The life and death: 🧍🏼‍♀️🧍🏻🧍🏼🧍🏻‍♀️

Wspaniali ludzie, wspaniała kultura. Greetings from Poland.

00:10 who put that dude on the roof?!

Very beautiful. ☮☯♏🕉🕇🔮👽🍄🌳✌

Gorgeous 💯🙏🏾

I am half Maori half aboriginal

how did I end up here?

I guess I will be having a Hangi for dinner tonight

this is like some mortalkombat shit, what interesting culture

Những cô gái quyến rũ nhất thế giới - Gái mũm mĩm

What do I do if I want to fight them in mortal combat, how do I accept the challenge

Poliwhirl

They should perform a machon

First

Interesting that the Polynesian Cultural Center is operated by The Mormons, the Church of the Latter Day Saints. The Mormons, more than any other proselytizers, helped destroy the Polynesian Culture. Not only through disease, but changing their way of life. If they were portraying real Polynesians they would not be modestly dressed, and certainly not Christians. The Christian Zealots were shocked to see the locals having sex in unorthodox wars, hence the missionary position. The Mormons also have a belief that the Polynesians validate their faith, the Polynesians being Lamanites, central to Mormon Dogma. This led to the concentration of Mormon missionaries and conversion efforts in Polynesia.