Tipairua

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Uploaded by on Dec 7, 2011

A Tipairua is a Tahitian double hull sailing canoe of which I built a smaller replica for a Polynesian voyaging organisation. This is a brief view of the construction and predawn launching ceremony. Note that canoes are carried and not dragged into the water with participants bathing it with hands full of seawater.

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  • Fascinating ritual -- I wonder if the ritual bathing of the boat has any relationship to rituals of childbirth?

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