TE REO URA

a research blog dedicated to the peoples, cultures, and languages of the Pacific Islands region by Terava K. Casey

Reo: language, voice

Ura: flame, blaze, to burn

Said of speech that is fiery, bold, fierce

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Terava Casey

Oct 18, 20211 min read

On Naming Traditions

Found in the Davies Tahitian and English Dictionary, originally printed in 1851, is this note on the practice of changing/giving names...

Terava Casey

Oct 15, 20212 min read

Paiore and the Pa'umotu Conception of the Heavens

Rereading the article, "The Tuamotuan Creation Charts by Paiore," published by Kenneth Emory in the Journal of the Polynesian Society...

Terava Casey

Sep 21, 20213 min read

Birthing Traditions of Mā'ohi Women in the 18th and 19th centuries

"No where are children brought into this world with less pain or danger; the women submit to little or no confinement within doors, but...

Terava Casey

Sep 17, 20211 min read

Archive Dive

Location: Hawaiʻi State Archives "Subject: T" Tahiti Today - Series of 25 articles written by Leopold G. Blackman from October 10 -...

Terava Casey

Sep 16, 20212 min read

Te ha'amata.

It feels like just yesterday. I was knee-deep in writing my thesis for the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of...

Terava Casey

Sep 15, 20212 min read

Why a research blog inspired by Pacific Islands History?

In short, the islands in the Pacific Ocean encompass a region of the world that defies unassuming simplistic expectations, and its...

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"The Source: An Interview with Henri Hiro" by Rai a Mai with translation by Jean Toyama

Henri Hiro

"The "ravaged era of the past" ["Aitau"] is what keeps us separated from our deeper past and our present Polynesian culture. It's what we must devour, digest, and overcome in order to reconnect again. We must be able to eat up this epoch in order to be able to create a new society united with our true beginnings. That's what's important. There are many ways to understand and overcome this ravaged epoch; it's up to each one of us to find his own way."

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