Letter From the Editor |
Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
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Petey: Traditional dancer in Ubud |
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Rongorongo - Island Chants |
Writer: | Lucille Martin |
Images: |
Rivi: Outer slope of the Rano Raraku volcano (title) |
christopherhu: closetup Rongorongo tablet |
Robert Nyman: Easter Island beach |
David Berkowitz: Anakena beach and moai |
Carlos Reusser Monsalvez: Rongorongo tablet shaped like fish |
Petey: Barthel's tracing of rongorongo tablet G; Mid section of the Santiago Staff; Side of rongorongo Tablet F; Barthel's tracing of rongorongo Tablet F; Barthel's tracing of rongorongo text I |
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Sources: |
• "Thomas Barthel" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barthel> |
• "Easter Island and Its Mysteries" CHAUVET <http://www.chauvet-translation.com/talking.htm> |
• "Rongorongo" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo> |
• "Rongorongo script" Omniglot <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/rongorongo.htm> |
• "Rongorongo" novatravels 350 <http://www.novatravels.350.com/chile/EasterIsland/Rongorongo.htm> |
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Otto Dempwolff - Islands of Language |
Writer: | Sofia Ozols |
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Taro Taylor: Sun, Sea, Sand And Volcano (title) |
Irmgard Duttge: Otto_Dempwolff |
Merlin Senger: Main building of the University of Hamburg |
Petey: Carl Meinhof |
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Sources: |
• "Otto Dempwolff" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Dempwolff> |
• "85 Years of Southeast Asian Studies in Hamburg" IIAS Online <http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/16/regions/sea3.html> |
• "Otto Dempwolff (1871-1938), Sprachwissenschaftler" www.dempwolff.de <http://www.dempwolff.de/> |
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At The Cinema - Whale Rider |
Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
Sources: |
• "Whale Rider" IMDB (Internet Movie Database) <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/> |
• "Whale Rider" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Rider> |
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All images are copyright South Pacific Pictures, ApolloMedia, Pandora Filmproduktion |
Celebrations - Pasifika Festival |
Writer: | Sonja Krüger |
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Avenue: Young woman dances on the Tuvalu stage |
Yortw: Hanging Merchandise; Kiribati Banner; Maori Carvings; Some dancers waiting to perform; Stall Staff; Food Stall; Art for Sale; Young Dancers; Tapa Cloths for Sale |
kylepost photography: [eternal vision] Some of the dancers during the festival; [dancing women] Women dancing in traditional costume |
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Sources: |
• "History of Pasifika" Pasifika Festival <http://www.aucklandnz.com/pasifika/history-of-pasifika> |
• "Pasifika Festival" happywink.org <http://www.happywink.org/pasifika-festival.html> |
• "Pasifika Festival" Destination 360 <http://www.destination360.com/australia-south-pacific/new-zealand/pasifika-festival> |
• "Pasifika Festival" New Zealand.com <http://www.newzealand.com/int/event/pasifika-festival/> |
• "Pasifika Festivals" Spasifik mag <http://spasifikmag.com/issue51pacificfestivals/pasifikafestivals/> |
• "Pasifika Festival" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasifika_Festival> |
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Special Feature - Avoiuli |
Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
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Phillip Capper: Port Vila (title) |
Andrew Gray: Nakamal in Vanwoki village |
PhillipC: Image of sand drawing from Vanuatu |
Tabisini: Carved stone at Lavatmanggemu |
Petey: Map of Vanuatu |
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Sources: |
• "Avoiuli" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoiuli> |
• "Sand drawing" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_drawing> |
• "Raga" Omniglot <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/raga.htm> |
• "Raga (Hano) language" The Languages of Pentecost Island <http://www.pentecostisland.net/languages/raga/index.htm> |
• "Raga language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raga_language> |
• "Vanuatu sand drawings" UNESCO <http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00073> |
• "Birth, death, and infinity in sand paintings" davidlansing.com <http://davidlansing.com/birth-death-and-infinity-in-sand-paintings/> |
• "Vanuatu" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu> |
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Languages in Peril - The Island Invasion |
Writer: | Lucille Martin |
Images: |
Mbmerino: Ahu Tahai sunset (title) |
Lufke: Tamure Dancers, Easter Island |
Marilyn Sourgose: Kutturan Chamorro Performers |
Rivi: Panorama of Anakena, Easter Island |
Petey: Chamorro people in 1915; Mofmanu Beach, Rotuma; Council of Chiefs of Rotuma, 1927 |
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Sources: |
• "Rapa Nui language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapa_Nui_language> |
• "Another mystery of the Rapa Nui culture" Unique-Southamerica-Travel-Experience.com <http://www.unique-southamerica-travel-experience.com/rapa-nui-language.html> |
• "Rapa Nui people" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapa_Nui_people> |
• "Easter Island" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island> |
• "Chamorro people" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_people> |
• "Rotuman language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotuman_language> |
• "Rotuman people" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotuman_people> |
• "Rotuma" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotuma> |
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Revisited - Maui's Home |
Writer: | W. D. Westervelt |
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James Gay Sawkins: Lahaina, West_Maui |
Petey: Clouds over Maui (title), Rugged Lava of Wailuku River |
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Sources: |
• "Maui's Home" Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina W. D. Westervelt, Honolulu: The Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd. 1910 |
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Word on the Streets - Malay Masters |
Writer: | Sofia Ozols |
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Sources: |
• "Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Abdul_Kadir> |
• "Shahnon Ahmad" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnon_Ahmad> |
• "Usman Awang" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang> |
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Where Are You? |
Writer: | Sonja Krüger |
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Revisited - Maui Snaring the Sun |
Writer: | W. D. Westervelt |
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Petey: Sunset in Tahiti (title); Iao Mountain From the Sea; Maui snaring the sun; Hale-a-ka-la Crater. Where the Sun Was Caught |
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Sources: |
• "Maui Snaring the Sun" Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina W. D. Westervelt, Honolulu: The Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd. 1910 |
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