From Elin Teuruarii :
Rurutu is an island in French Polynesia
(Tahiti), Austral Islands, it's been my home since September 2007. I
run a guesthouse here with my husband, who is from Rurutu. It's a
long way for a Welsh-girl to have come, but I'm enjoying my new life
here in Rurutu.....
If you would like to come to Rurutu
please don't hesitate to get in touch. We can help you out with
travel advice and of course a big warm Polynesian welcome when you
get here!
Send us an e-mail:
pension.teautamatea@mail.pf or check out our website
Our island is a tiny speck in the
middle of the Pacific ocean, ~560 km south of Tahiti (22.5degS,
151.3degW), with nothing much between us and the Antarctic. There are
~2200 inhabitants. We're best known for the humpback whales that
breed off our fringing reef, between July and October. The island is
an ideal sheltered spot for females and their newborn calves to rest
and grow, before they make the long journey back to their Antarctic
feeding grounds. The whales hang-out just outside the reef, and you
can see them easily from the shore - it's pretty magical!
The heiva is a month long cultural
festival celebrated every year across French Polynesia. In Tahiti
it's a large and rather professional festival, but in the islands it
remains charmingly rustic. This year was the first year that I've
really done the whole heiva in Rurutu. The festival includes a huge
variety of competitions ranging from sporting events like paddling,
stone-lifting, and, of course, the bareback horse race along the
beach.....
There are also dance, singing, music,
flower-arranging and weaving competitions, as well as the
country-fair sort of things, the longest/heaviest bunch of bananas or
taro root, coconut husking and taro-pounding competitions, all in all
it's a lot of good fun for the whole family!!
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