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Title:Short narrative of the legend of Poumaka
Poumaka-Ho
The documentation of the Marquesan languages and culture in French Polynesia
Contributor:GC
Contributor (consultant):Ho
Coverage:French Polynesia
Description:This is a short narrative of Poumaka, an old Marquesan legend which tells us about the fights between the most gigantic mountains of each island. The legend centers around Poumaka who is one of the gigantic mountains of Ua Pou provoking a fight with Matafenua, the gigantic mountain of Hiva 'Oa who was undefeated until then. In a dramatic fight the young and handicapped Poumaka, however, defeats Matafenua. The legend is meant to give an explanation of the rugged and steep cliffs of the Marquesas: the violent fights between the mountains causing break away land masses and form the rugged coast line.
The project documents several different aspects of the Marquesan culture (legends, narratives, food preparation, plant medicine, fishing techniques, Marquesan trick languages, songs, dances etc.)
This is a short narrative of Poumaka, an old Marquesan legend which tells us about the fights between the most gigantic mountains of each island. The legend centers around Poumaka who is one of the gigantic mountains of Ua Pou provoking a fight with Matafenua, the gigantic mountain of Hiva 'Oa who was undefeated until then. In a dramatic fight the young and handicapped Poumaka, however, defeats Matafenua. The legend is meant to give an explanation of the rugged and steep cliffs of the Marquesas: the violent fights between the mountains causing break away land masses and form the rugged coast line.
GC is responsable for the Marquesan DOBES project and does all the data collection, data processing and annotation.
Ho does not speak French, but a little Tahitian. There are a number of Tahitian loan words in her speech.
Format:audio/x-wav
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0001-3CFE-B
MQ
Publisher:Gaby Cablitz (Netherlands), Edgar Tetahiotupa (Tahiti)
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; Centre Territorial de Recherche et de Documentation Pédagogiques (CTRDP); Académie marquisienne (Tuhuna 'Eo Enata)
Subject:Discourse
Narrative
Unspecified
North Marquesan language
Marquesan, North
Tahitian language
Subject (ISO639):mrq
tah
Type:audio

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Archive:  The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0001-3CFE-B
DateStamp:  2017-02-14
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Search Info

Citation: GC; Ho (consultant). n.d. Gaby Cablitz (Netherlands), Edgar Tetahiotupa (Tahiti).
Terms: area_Pacific country_PF iso639_mrq iso639_tah

Inferred Metadata

Country: French Polynesia
Area: Pacific


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