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| A really interesting online shop dedicated to polynesian culture and lifestyle. Pelople who will travel to the region, as well as those who ar nostalgic about it, including polynesians living elsewhere, will find it attractive. The only regrettable thing about Polynesia is the price that one has to pay in order to get there. The region offers to the traveller a fascinating collection of lost paradises and a very interesting culture that can be appreciated even thorough shops like the one we are presenting now. In reality, we have to consider numerous variations within the global context of the Polynesian culture; the region that is known as Polynesia is vast: from Hawaii to the Easter Island, and then to Samoa, describing an immense triangle over the Pacific ocean. Polynesians used to sail these enormous distances using their catamarans and basic but very effective stellar navigation techniques; they followed the stars on the sky and could arrive with extraordinary precision to the myriad of small archipelagos and atolls that populate the biggest ocean in the world. These authentic adventure voyages were more or less regular, but indeed, communications were not excellent among the hundreds of islands that Polynesians colonised. So it was only a matter of time until local cultural variations began to appear. The main criteria that they used to decide whether to stay in an island or to leave it was the presence of fresh water. If you don't have potable water in an island, you are left with an enormous obstacle for your survival. Thus, many small paradise islands remain abandoned because of this reason. Another important reason to stay or leave was if the island had good, natural harbours. Being ships their main transport technology, it was imperative to be able to use them efficiently. Some islands, like the Kerguelen archipelago, also remain abandoned because of the lack of natural ports. And then, the defence of the island against possible invaders or raiders was important too, because Polynesians were a bellicose culture and developed a great deal of culture around warfare. |
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