@helioselene @n8

Good shout. The below also appear to be in use

#micronesia #micronesianLanguages #micronesian #Polynesia #PolynesianCulture

As well as #hawaiian #HawaiianLanguage #Samoan #SamoanLanguage ooh... #samoanlanguageweek2023 is a thing you should check that.
#Fiji #micronesia #Polynesia

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

I do not have Pacific Islander ancestry myself, but I have been practicing the Samoan art of Siva Afi (fireknife dancing) for 12 years. I worked with world-champion fireknife dancers, Samoan speakers, and a Samoan artist to create a card game about it:

https://tgc.link/siva-afi

#PacificIslander #PolynesianCulture #Samoan #Samoa #SivaAfi #Fireknife #dance #fire #BoardGames #CardGames #GameDesign

The World Fireknife Championship is today:

https://www.facebook.com/PolynesianCulturalCtr/posts/5268800546498805

(Apologies for posting a link to The Site That Is Even Worse Than the Birdsite, but that's where the online fireknife community is.)

#fireknife #SivaAfi #fire #dance #Samoa #PolynesianCulture

"The birds of Polynesian legend are part of birth, death, and everything in between. Now, a PhD thesis from the University of Otago undertakes the first ever in-depth exploration into the manu of mythology."

#birds #pacificculture #polynesianculture #mythandlegend

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/atea-otago/05-02-2020/nga-manu-o-aotearoa-the-shared-history-of-birds-in-our-polynesian-legends/