Sina And Her Tuna

Author : Pemerika L. Tauiliili
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491824867
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sina and Her Tuna written by Pemerika L. Tauiliili and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sina and her Tuna ( Sina ma lana Tuna ) is a story of a love affair between the beautiful Samoan maiden Sina and Tuna. Tuna is actually Sinas pet eel and as Sina cares for him, he falls in love with Sina. This frightens Sina and she runs away to find shelter in a distant village. The village chiefs come to Sinas aid and Tuna is killed. It turns out that Tuna is actually a Fijian Prince who is under a spell and is unable to regain his human form. Before he dies, Tuna asks Sina to bury his head near her house. A few months later, a very special tree grows from where the head was buried. The tree is a coconut tree, one of the most important trees found in the islands of the Pacific, for its life giving fruits, leaves and fronds from which homes are thatched and other important traditional building materials and utensils are made.

Author : Pemerika L Tauiliili
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sina and Her Tuna written by Pemerika L Tauiliili and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sina and her Tuna ( Sina ma lana Tuna ) is a story of a love affair between the beautiful Samoan maiden Sina and Tuna. Tuna is actually Sinas pet eel and as Sina cares for him, he falls in love with Sina. This frightens Sina and she runs away to find shelter in a distant village. The village chiefs come to Sinas aid and Tuna is killed. It turns out that Tuna is actually a Fijian Prince who is under a spell and is unable to regain his human form. Before he dies, Tuna asks Sina to bury his head near her house. A few months later, a very special tree grows from where the head was buried. The tree is a coconut tree, one of the most important trees found in the islands of the Pacific, for its life giving fruits, leaves and fronds from which homes are thatched and other important traditional building materials and utensils are made.

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ISBN 13 : 9780473317225
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sina and the Tuna written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leilani Watson
Publisher : Story World
ISBN 13 : 9781927244562
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sina and the Eel written by Leilani Watson and published by Story World. This book was released on 2016 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sina and the Eel is a 16 page retelling of a traditional tale from Samoa. The "flip" side of the book is Fa'a Samoa. Fa'a Samoa contains 8 pages of information about life in Samoa. Contents: The Samoan Way, The Family Fale, 10 Food Facts from Samoa, Samoan Tapa Cloth, A Day at the Markets. Supported by FREE Inquiry Learning Teacher's Notes

Author : Kate McCosh Clark
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473386659
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maori Tales And Legends written by Kate McCosh Clark and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface: THE following tales are an outcome of a long residence in New Zealand, and of many opportunities whilst travelling amongst the Maoris of becoming acquainted with their folk-lore, superstitions, and customs. From a vast mass of legendary tales, rich in variants, and recorded often in a fragmentary manner, I have chosen those in this little volume as the oldest and best known amongst the natives. I have endeavoured to adhere to the true spirit of the tales themselves, and to give them the form, expression, and speech characteristic of the country and clever native race. The Maoris, as a rule, are eloquent, and their language is full of metaphor and poetical allusion, and musical with open vowels. Every syllable ends with a vowel, every vowel is sounded, and that according to the Italian method. Though the Maori practice of cannibalism in times past is revolting to a higher civilisation, it may, to a certain extent, have been due to the entire absence of any quadrupeds larger than a rat, and to the craving for flesh food so well described in Stanleys accounts of some of the races in Central Africa. The Maoris are a strong race both physically and mentally. Revengeful and cruel to their enemies, they were passionate in love and ever fearless in war. Religious, they venerated their gods, and believed in an atzkn, or spiritual essence, their deities being rarely represented by any image. Their priests were consulted on all great occasions and their mandates obeyed, especially when they spoke as the oracle making known to the people the will of the gods. Whence came the race, with their strange superstitions their worship of Tane, the creation-god, of the sun-god. I must leave for others to discuss. But it is an accepted fact that the natives of New Zealand, and of some of the groups of Pacific Islands, in many respects show evidence of a common origin for instance, their general appearance, long straight hair, ignorance of bows and arrows, of the art of pottery, and their knowledge of the same legends and folk-lore, though told in various forms. When Captain Cook first visited New Zealand he had a native of Hawaii who acted as interpreter. In ancient New Zealand tradition, the Maoris are said to have come from Hawaii in four large war-canoes, about the twelfth or thirteenth century. For these reasons I have not hesitated to include in this book four South Sea tales, which, though not told by New Zealand natives, will, I hope, be acceptable for their beauty and peculiarities, They are specified in the Notes. The illustrations are by the late Mr. R. Atkinson, and are of special value, as they were drawn by that able artist Preface from sketches of natives and native surroundings made by him while staying amongst the Maorjs both in the remote King country and in the hot-lake district Rotorua. His picture of the little grandchild of Ic-heu-heu, the well known war-chief of Lalie Taupo, was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1891. I regret that the size of the book does not make it possible to do full justice to the beauty of the original drawings.

Author : Leilani Watson
Publisher : Story World
ISBN 13 : 9781927244661
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sina and the Eel (Big Book Edition) written by Leilani Watson and published by Story World. This book was released on 2016 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A traditional Samoan folktale about a pet eel who gives the gift of the coconut tree to the people of Samoa. Accompanied by Fa'a Samoa, which introduces factual information about Samoa.

Author : Jione Havea
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1978703643
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vulnerability and Resilience written by Jione Havea and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vulnerability and Resilience, vulnerability is not the final word. Rather, resilience provides the cutting edge and living breath in the stories of subjects who are vulnerable. And they have many stories: stories of being trapped in bodies, teachings, and/or situations that make them (and others like them) vulnerable to discrimination, hatred, and rejection; stories of being trapped because of their bodies, theologies, and/or cultures; and stories of being trapped for no-good reason. For subjects who are vulnerable, life is like a maze of traps, and stories of resilience keep them going. The contributors to Vulnerability and Resilience refuse to be trapped. At the intersection of body and liberation theologies, they tell their stories in the hope that they will expose cultures that make individuals and communities vulnerable, and that those stories will encourage vulnerable subjects to be resilient and bring change to theological institutions that conserve vulnerability. Because of the location of the contributors—the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Caribbean, and Oceania—this book is a testimony that vulnerability is present all over the world, and that resilience is a liberating alternative.

Author : Jane Chin Davidson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119841801
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Global Framework written by Jane Chin Davidson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WILEY BLACK WELL COMPANIONS TO ART HISTORY A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Global Framework A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Global Framework explores the ways specialists and institutions in the fine arts, curation, cultural studies, and art history have attempted to situate art in a more global framework since the 1980s. Offering analyses of the successes and setbacks of these efforts to globalize the art world, this innovative volume presents a new and exciting way of considering art in its global contexts. Essays by an international panel of leading scholars and practicing artists assert that what we talk about as ‘art’ is essentially a Western concept, thus any attempts at understanding art in a global framework require a revising of established conceptual definitions. Organized into three sections, this work first reviews the history and theory of the visual arts since 1980 and introduces readers to the emerging area of scholarship that seeks to place contemporary art in a global framework. The second section traces the progression of recent developments in the art world, focusing on the historical and cultural contexts surrounding efforts to globalize the art world and the visual arts in particular global and transnational frameworks. The final section addresses a wide range of key themes in contemporary art, such as the fundamental institutions and ontologies of art practice, and the interactions among art, politics, and the public sphere. A Companion to Contemporary Art in a Global Framework is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, researchers, and general readers interested in exploring global art beyond the traditional Euro-American context.

Author : Jione Havea
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030743659
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theologies from the Pacific written by Jione Havea and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers engagements with topics in mainline theology that concern the lifelines in and of the Pacific (Pasifika). The essays are grouped into three clusters. The first, Roots, explores the many roots from which theologies in and of Pasifika grow – sea and (is)land, Christian teachings and scriptures, native traditions and island ways. The second, Reads, presents theologies informed and inspired by readings of written and oral texts, missionary traps and propaganda, and teachings and practices of local churches. The final cluster, Routes, places Pasifika theologies upon the waters so that they may navigate and voyage. The ‘amanaki (hope) of this work is in keeping talanoa (dialogue) going, in pushing back tendencies to wedge the theologies in and of Pasifika, and in putting native wisdom upon the waters. As these Christian and native theologies voyage, they chart Pasifika’s sea of theologies.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Linguistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: