Marquesas Arts Festival Program

The tahitinui blog published the program for the Marquesas Arts Festival this coming December. Here is my attempt, using various Web translators, at an English language version.

Sunday, December 16th at HAKAHAU
Pre-opening

8:00 am Catholic mass in the church Tepano Peato
8:00 am Protestant worship

Sunday, December 16th noon to Monday, December 17th noon

YOU HAKAPEI IA KAI MAU: NO MAOIO
Preparations of the great traditional community meal for Monday midday
The “TUHUKA” and “TAUA” of each delegation will put their knowledge and know-how into practice in the field of the traditional Art of cooking.

Monday, December 16th Opening Ceremonies "TUHUKA"

8:00 am Presentation of the delegations in front of the official platform
With the sound of drums, HAHI, MAVE, songs of greeting, PU TOKA, PU HAKAHAU, the Marquesan delegation, ENANA, will present first by respecting the myth of the divine creation of “HAE ENANA”, the Marquesan box, whose each component evokes symbolically “TE HENUA ENANA”, in the chronological order of its construction

UA LOUSE, two pillars, two posts of the box
HIVA OA, the long ridge purlin, posed on the 2 posts
NUKU HIVA, ridge purlins posed on HIVA OA
FATUIVA, the cover in 9 lines of palms of braided coconuts
UA HUKA, the pit crowned to preserve the bones of the ancestors
TAHUATA, the box is finished, it is the dawn!

Delegation of NAPUKA TUAMOTU
Guests of honor, because they have a bond with the tribe “KAAVAHEPEOA” of HAKAOHOKA in the valley of HOHOI with UA LOUSE

TAMA ENANA TAHITI
HAURURU TAHITI
RAIATEA HAVAIKINUI
OPARO RAPA ITI
RAPA NUI
HAWAII
MAORI TEAOTEAROA
WALLIS AND FUTUNA
NEW CALEDONIA
CASTRES, FRANCE

9:00 am Prayer followed by the anthem "ENANA"

9:15 am Welcoming speech by the Mayor of UA-POU and the President of the Festival
Short speeches by eminent personages

9:30 am Official declaration of the opening of the MATAVAA

10:00 am Execution of a “GIANT PUTU”

The traditional dance specific to the Marquesas, by all the men who took part in the six preceding festivals.

11:00 am Official Opening of the Activities Workshops

Traditional practices
Traditional massage
The art of cooking
Display of models of traditional dugouts
Ritual, traditional dance and songs
Manufacture of traditional weapons
Myths, tales and legends
Art of public speaking

11:30 am Official Opening of the Stands

Display and sale of handcrafts

11:40 am Opening Ceremoney of "UMU KAI" (Marquesan Oven)
“NUNU KAI” the procession of the bearing of the food towards the place of “KAI IA MAU”, the great community meal.

12:30 am Traditional blessing of “KAI IA MAU”

1:30 pm Display of art works

Traditional sculptures and modern creations
Paintings of Polynesian expression
Drawings and explanations of traditional tattoos
Headresses and traditional costumes

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Cultural Presentations

UA LOUSE
UA HUKA
FATU HIVA
TAHUATA
HIVA-OA
NUKU-HIVA

10:30 pm End of the Presentations

Tuesday, December 18th and Wednesday, December 19th at MAUIA HOHOI

Delegations present on the site:

Tuesday
UA LOUSE - NAPUKA - TEAOTAEROA - WALLIS AND FUTUNA
OPARO - TAMA ENANA - TAHUATA - HIVA OA - RAIATEA

Wednesday
UA-POU - HAURURU - HAWAII - RAPA NUI - NUKU HIVA
UA HUKA - FATUIVA - NEW CALEDONIA -CASTRES, FRANCE

4:30 am Awake to the sound of the pū, drum

5:00 am Breakfast

6:00 am Departure for HOHOI

9:00 am Gathering of the delegations at the carpark
Go towards “TE POOTU I NOHO I MAUIA", the place of the tribe of TAVAKA
Drum reception
Drums coming from the Tohua party area will play a welcome consisting of "Hahi, Mavé, Tapatapa" and "a’naunau".

9:30 am Reception of the delegations and placement on the TOHUA

Ritual ceremony of the bond between the tribes of TAVAKA and NAPUKA
Painful evocation of the departure of the tribe of “KAAVAHOPEOA” 200 years ago
Exchanges of presents “VAETUKIA”

10:15 am Evocation on the preparations of the departure of the Princess and her tribe towards the large Ocean of HIVA.
The farewell of Princess MAHIHOPE and her father UKU ME HE HONU, to their valley HAKAOHOKA and their tribe TAVAKA.

10:45 am Ritual Ceremony of the Reunion
Expression of joy, evocation, the continuation of the voyage of MAHIHOPE,
the arrival and life with NAPUKA.

11:15 am Visiting workshops and the site MAUIA
Workshop - food conservation for transoceanic voyages
Workshop - food conservation for the tribe with the daily newspaper technique, preparation and demonstration
Workshop - clothes making

12:30 pm “KAIKAI” Community meal

1:00 pm Cultural Presentations
TEAOTEAROA MAORI
WALLIS AND FUTUNA
TAMA ENANA
OPARO
HIVA OA

4:00 pm Return to HAKAHAU lodgings

5:00 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Cultural Presentations
NEW CALEDONIA
RAPA ITI
RAIATEA
CASTRES, FRANCE
HAURURU
HAWAII

10:30 pm End of the presentations

Tuesday, December 18th and Wednesday, December 19th at HAKAHETAU VALLEY

Delegations present on the site:

Tuesday
UA LOUSE - HAURURU - HAWAII - RAPA NUI - NUKU HIVA - UA HUKA - FATUIVA - NEW CALEDONIA - CASTRES, FRANCE

Wednesday
UA LOUSE - NAPUKA - TEAOTAEROA - WALLIS AND FUTUNA - OPARO - TAMA ENANA - TAHUATA - HIVA OA - RAIATEA

The cultural activities of each day will take place in two areas:
An area known as contemporary, on the edge of the sea
A traditional area, in the valley on the TE TAHUNA site

8:30 am Official opening at HAKAHETAU

Presentation of the program.
Ritual of the sea presented by the delegation from HAWAII
A speech of presentation of the day will open the contemporary site
Animation on the plate of HAKAHETAU based on the products of the sea

9:30 am On the TE TAHUNA site
Legend “VEVEPUEHU”

10:00 am Workshops

Vegetable fibres and braiding
Dugout carving
Planting of taro and mei
Art of cooking
Woodcarving
Braiding
Fishing

Around 11:00 am the opening of a UA MA (mei and taro)

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm On the contemporary site, craft industries workshops and three games

PEHE, sets of strings
Game with a rope for 10 people, played by the dance groups.
The sling
Stilts

4:30 pm /5:00 pm Return to lodgings

Thursday, December 20th
Day reserved for youth, the cultural future of the Marquesan people
Assessment of the cultural assets transmitted by the “TUHUKA”

Nursery school with the CM1, the children will highlight cultural assets transmitted by various “TUHUKA”

TUHUKA HAKA, Master of dance: various traditional dances

TUHUKA HIMENE, Master of songs: various traditional songs

TUHUKA TEKAO, Master of the word: Akakai (poems)

TAPATAPA (declamation)

TUHUKA SUBDUED TATAU, Master of genealogy: presents his genealogy

TUHUKA MT PAHU, Master of the drums: the art of drumming

TUHUKA HAA KA KAI, storyteller: the art of telling a legend or a myth.

8:00 am Beginning of the cultural services of the children accompanied by their respective TUHUKA. The activities in various workshops will also begin

9:30 am The invited delegations will be able to show their cultural identities

Ceremony of the KAVA , the man bird of RAPA NUI

10:00 am to 11:30 am Meeting of the Mayors, Chiefs of the Delegations and the members of Federation MOTU HAKA

11:30 am Lunch

2:30 pm Awarding prizes to the winners of the writing contest in EO ENANA

Awarding prizes for the most beautiful objets d'art

Awarding prizes to the winners of the traditional weapons contest

The presentation will be accompanied by traditional musics, songs and dances.

Closing Ceremonies
Cultural presentations by the different delegations
Farewell songs
Official speeches

Presentation of the symbol of the Matavaa to the island that will assume the next Matavaa in December 2011
“GIANT PUTU” executed by all the delegations present

6:30 pm Dinner and the departure of some delegations