In the beginning, Tahiti had no written language. The stories about the creation of the world, the

In the beginning, Tahiti had no written language. The stories about the creation of the world, the gods, ancestors and culture generally transmitted through their songs and music. Over time the legends began to be told not only through singing, but through dance.
The dance was an important and popular cultural expression in Tahiti, but suffered a setback during the 1800s The first British settlers and missionaries who arrived in Tahiti met Tahitian dances and provocative viewed as sinful by both sensual dances such as locker rooms, del monte kkr then scarce.
In the Tahitian dance, have two distinct styles del monte kkr and these are the Aparima and OTEA. Aparima means "apa" kiss "Rima" hand; are dances where a series del monte kkr of symbolic gestures with hands and arms, in which the history and life of the Tahitians, everyday events recounted come to life in dance is used. The Otea, is characterized by a rapid movement of hips, with percussion accompaniment. This was a dance that existed in pre-European times as a male dance. Currently the dancing men and women, also known as TAMURE.
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