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"Polynesian" Definitions
  1. a member of any of the indigenous peoples of Polynesia
  2. a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Polynesia

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Book Disney's Polynesian Village Resort starting at $474I love staying at the Polynesian Village Resort.
In Herman Melville's 1846 book Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, the Polynesian island Nuku Hiva's population is depicted as cannibals.
Part of Disney's Polynesian Village resort, the Polynesian Villas and Bungalows, are a tropical paradise at the Walt Disney World Resort.
However, some parents have publicly spoken out this year, saying because the character is Polynesian, having non-Polynesian children wear the costume would amount to cultural appropriation.
Staying at Walt Disney's World's Polynesian Village Resort is like getting two vacations in one — the fun of a family-friendly Disney resort as well as an exotic Polynesian escape.
With Herbert Kawainui Kane, an artist, and Tommy Holmes, a local waterman, Professor Finney founded the Polynesian Voyaging Society in 1973 to study traditional Polynesian techniques of sailing and navigation.
The Polynesian triangle with the areas of Melanesia and Micronesia.
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According to French Polynesian news station TNTV, Michelle Obama, a.k.a.
In Gauguin's colonial imagination, Polynesian women were beautiful, desirable, subservient.
Sabara also danced with traditional Polynesian dancers at a nighttime dinner.
Cook's and Kona Coffee Bar in Disney World's Polynesian Village Resort.
Although the island is Chilean territory, its original population was Polynesian.
"It's a special lullaby," he told PEOPLE of the Polynesian song.
Nobody's saying Maui, that most rascally of Polynesian demigods, isn't strong.
And invasive introduced species, like those Polynesian rats, can drive natives extinct.
Character movements are based in Polynesian traditional dances and Samoan war dances.
Someone asked a girl to prom with a traditional Polynesian fire dance.
The Polynesian Voyaging Society, the organization behind Hokule'a, was founded in 1973.
The ceremonial dance originated with the Maori, the country's Indigenous Polynesian inhabitants.
A Polynesian navigator could once sail the South Seas as he liked.
I've always slept well at the Polynesian; the rooms are surprisingly quiet.
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The Polynesian-style decorative sleeve covering one forearm has no sentimental significance.
He wanted his place to be a very high-end Polynesian restaurant.
The ceremonial dance originated with the Maori, the country's indigenous Polynesian inhabitants.
You might have seen it done by Polynesian athletes before a competition.
Its original inhabitants were Polynesian settlers who discovered the archipelago in 280 BCE.
They tell Polynesian and African American girls that their noses are too wide.
I'm an artist of Polynesian descent, born in Samoa and raised in Hawai'i.
Also, in our musical team, Opetaia Foa'i adds such a great Polynesian influence.
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It was not the location for the first Don the Beachcomber Polynesian restaurant.
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Hosea pointed out that she's Polynesian, an ethnic group that is vulnerable to obesity.
Moana broke the mold with its portrayal of Polynesian culture on the big screen.
It's mission: to showcase traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration and sustainability.
She said she was proud to be the Polynesian-American actress telling Moana's story.
The Great Ceremonial House is the center for entertainment and dining at the Polynesian.
On Expedia, the Polynesian also has a 4.3 out of 5 with 1,212 reviews.
His comments are like Mutiny on the Bounty, except without the exotic Polynesian women.
His other early books — "Polynesian Peasants and Proletarians: Socio-Economic Change Among the Tahitians of French Polynesia" (1965) and "Big-Men and Business: Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in the New Guinea Highlands" (1973) — offered no hint of an interest in Polynesian navigation.
There's this Polynesian word we use called mana, and that's our spirit and our power.
In the various Polynesian traditions, the hook was used to pull islands from the sea.
The estate features sweeping ocean views, a Polynesian-themed main residence, pool and motor court.
The movie will star Disney's first Polynesian princess, Moana, voiced by Hawaiian newcomer Auli'i Cravalho.
Grab a cone at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom or just outside of Polynesian Village Resort.
Some have criticized the film's depiction of Maui, a Polynesian demigod (voiced by Dwayne Johnson).
Spalter created an accompanying sound piece derived from a French Polynesian fire dance she witnessed.
What about that girl in the middle of an African state, or that Polynesian boy?
"I want to bring the Polynesian islands to the island of Manhattan," Mr. Miller said.
The word MOA came from the Polynesian word for "fowl," according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
On one Polynesian island, archaeologists have found sweet potato remains dating back over 700 years.
With all the problems in the world, some folks are focusing on whether it's OK for girls who are not Polynesian to dress up as Moana – the beloved Disney character in an animated film of the same name who is the daughter a Polynesian chief.
Many also pointed out the irony of asserting white supremacy using a product of Polynesian culture.
And speaking of spirit ... it's what "Mana" means in the Polynesian culture Dwayne grew up in.
"Moana is inspired by all of Polynesia, the entire Polynesian culture," Cravalho said of the film.
The islands, now known as Samoa, were the first Polynesian nation to achieve independence in 1962.
Disney's 2016 movie "Moana" introduced a new princess, Moana, who is from a fictional Polynesian island.
ICYMI: Disney's upcoming film Moana is facing criticism over the portrayal of a Polynesian demigod, Maui.
When I was recording, it was wonderful to hear Polynesian instruments and parts of our language.
It was taken to Hawaii by ancient Polynesian settlers, who believed that it had protective power.
PAHOA, Hawaii — Jaris Dreaming built his spacious solar-powered home in a clearing of Polynesian jungle.
K makes a plumeria lei bracelet at one and gets a Polynesian temporary tattoo at another.
But how did the Polynesian builders place these 12-ton hats on the 33-foot-tall statues?
The celebrities invited on the Obamas' Polynesian vacation have been friends of the family for some time.
Cravalho is the voice of Moana, Disney's first Polynesian character, who will meet audiences everywhere November 23.
Davis is a huge fan of "Moana," a popular animated 2016 Disney film about a Polynesian princess.
Moana means "ocean" in most Polynesian languages, which makes sense since the character lives on an island.
Ted Feighan, makes music that is equal parts infectious rhythm and nostalgic samples of 60s Polynesian daydreams.
This year, however, he's cross-country skiing — despite hailing from a Polynesian kingdom with approximately zero snowfall.
The first proto-Polynesian culture located archaeologically on islands east of the Solomons is called the Lapita.
Clients choose a soundtrack — Polynesian, classical, ocean waves — and have the option to select an aromatherapy mist.
Tagovailoa eventually followed Mariota at Saint Louis, and still considers him a role model for Polynesian children.
The feel here is instantly more Polynesian than Chilean, despite Chile's annexation of the island in 1888.
It's also rich in its appreciation for Polynesian culture, unlike we've seen on the big screen before.
In the latest attempt to reflect its Polynesian heritage, the Cook Islands is considering changing its name.
As long as an omo plata sounds like Polynesian currency, jiu-jitsu fighters will always face biases.
All this despite the fact that he comes from Tonga, a small Polynesian country that never sees snow.
Unless you're Polynesian, dressing up your child as Disney's Moana is racist, according to an activist parenting blogger.
Earlier this month, the couple were spotted in Tetiaroa, the French Polynesian island, with Irmelin Indenbirken, Leo's mother.
Crucially, Britain acknowledged the landholdings of New Zealand's original, Polynesian settlers and guaranteed them rights as British subjects.
As with my Polynesian tattoo on the left side of body, the symbolic mana lays over my heart.
But some are arguing that's what they did with a costume for Maui, a Polynesian demigod in Moana.
In May, a group will gather in Tahiti to discuss building floating cities off the French Polynesian coast.
According to SheKnows, it means "large body of water" in Hawaiian and Maori, which is a Polynesian language.
Sauces available in 8-ounce bottles include Chick-fil-A, Polynesian, Barbeque, Honey Mustard, and Garden Herb Ranch.
Over the years, however, more Polynesian families have settled in Australia and their children have embraced rugby union.
For a quick bite, The Tangora Terrace Tropical Bar and Grill offers American classics with a Polynesian twist.
"Gauguin admired and pursued young Polynesian women, as his writings and paintings make clear," Ms. Boyle-Turner said.
The first known case of Guillain-Barré in a Zika victim was of a Polynesian woman in her 40s.
Photo: APChristopher Columbus reached the New World in 1492, but some experts say Polynesian explorers beat him to it.
Cravalho is the youngest actress to ever voice a Disney princess and plays the first ever Polynesian Disney princess.
A cobalt blue gown, it was inspired by the waves of the ocean and elements from Polynesian traditional design.
And this is where the tradition of money lei originates, now used far and beyond Hawaii and Polynesian culture.
Moana touches on Polynesian voyaging, showing the eponymous main character using traditional celestial techniques to navigate across the sea.
The display marks the Polynesian athlete's fourth consecutive Olympic ceremony — he has been shirtless and shiny for them all.
The power of Polynesian players makes them attractive to wealthier nations; most of the best play for other countries.
Polynesian athletes unwittingly carried the virus to Recife, Brazil, where they participated in the FIFA Confederations Cup soccer games.
But, a few members of the Polynesian community are voicing their concerns and dissatisfaction with the depiction of Maui.
That means the problem isn't exclusive to Maori, although the glitch was originally discovered in the Eastern Polynesian language.
The longer they're in coaching, the more they get: They get down to Afrikaans, they get down to Polynesian.
Genetic tests have shown that the modern Rapanui people have a mix of Polynesian, South American and European ancestry.
On our 10th-anniversary trip to Hawaii, my wife and I had watched some Polynesian dances at a luau.
The Polynesian sweet potatoes turned out to be genetically unusual — "very different from anything else," Mr. Muñoz-Rodríguez said.
"Generally in Polynesian culture, we're raised on singing and playing guitar or ukulele and dancing and singing," he tells PEOPLE.
There are reports, unconfirmed by CNN, that Obama is spending a month on the small French Polynesian island of Tetiaroa.
On Sunday, Tahiti television station TNTV revealed photos of Michelle Obama paddleboarding while the Barack swam in a Polynesian lagoon.
When super stars celebrities like Leonardo Dicaprio want privacy and a breathtaking view, they head straight for French Polynesian paradise.
"Generally in Polynesian culture, we're raised on singing and playing guitar or ukulele and dancing and singing," he told PEOPLE.
Moana is set on Motunui, a Polynesian island far enough away from any mainland that its time period isn't clear.
The party included characters from the 2016 animated feature and Polynesian costumes for the two birthday divas, according to People.
Before that commitment, the French Polynesian government in 2017 signed an agreement with Blue Frontiers to build a floating village.
On one particular evening before a rapt audience, he improvised a scene involving a Polynesian volcanologist gripped with social embarrassment.
I was at Disney World two months ago staying at the Polynesian resort right next door to the Grand Floridian.
The dormant ancient volcano has been the center of Polynesian culture — the umbilical cord connecting Earth and sky — seemingly forever.
Blackwork designs (covering your body with massive, black-tinted areas), are influenced by Polynesian tattoos as well as graphic art.
We also know that we get to meet Maui, a legendary Polynesian demi-god, voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
New York (CNN Business)Chick-fil-A is entering the grocery business with bottles of its signature and Polynesian sauces.
De facto French Polynesian flag carrier Air Tahiti Nui currently connects Papeete with Paris via San Francisco, its flagship route.
The United States ambassador to New Zealand is also the envoy to Samoa, an independent state in the Polynesian islands.
In the 18th century, however, Captain Cook stumbled across sweet potatoes again — over 4,000 miles away, on remote Polynesian islands.
Tip "Don't wear shoes," says Ellio Fiapa'i, who retrieves coconuts daily for tourists at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu.
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort is centrally located with a Monorail stop and the Magic Kingdom is just two stops away.
The country also struggles with racial disparities, with an overrepresentation of Maori — the nation's indigenous Polynesian people — in their prisons.
It does so by taking a much broader view of his art, and putting his Polynesian years in partial shadow.
Most of the island's population are of Polynesian descent and many still speak a local dialect, in addition to Spanish.
So, if you plan to visit Rapa Nui, make sure to join in, and eat a slice of Polynesian history.
Berry must have really taken to Bora Bora, as she visited the French Polynesian island as recently as late last year.
In "White-Jacket" (1850), a Polynesian aboard an American frigate bound for New England has never before ventured beyond his home.
The film recently sparked controversy among parents over whether dressing as the Polynesian princess or her pal Maui is culturally appropriate.
The children's costume is inspired by the character Maui, a Polynesian god voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the film.
The company imported bamboo chimes (of varying size and gaudiness) from Bali that were blanketed in a layer of Polynesian mold.
The plastic also impacts species of turtles and Polynesian fish such as the nanue "rudderfish," a key part of local diets.
He walks us through the menu, a 5-course experience where you travel through several Polynesian islands through food and drink.
One of the greatest feats of human migration in history was the colonisation of the vast Pacific Ocean by Polynesian peoples.
At one point, Bradford set a container of Polynesian sauce on her baby bump and dipped her chicken sandwich in it.
The character is Polynesian in the book series the show is based on, and actress Frankie Adams is of Samoan heritage.
In April, it was announced that the Polynesian Village Resort near Disney's Magic Kingdom would offer a Lime Dole Whip Margarita.
Or that the United States got caught up in a tribal war on the Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva in 1813?
The actress says her mom has also found inspiration in Polynesian tattoos designed to run down the side of the body.
At the same time, Abe decides he can't go to Polynesian night at the resort because Moishe is simply Too Much.
Flipping tiki drinks on their pseudo-Polynesian head, the Beach Goth takes everything great about the mai tai and corrupts it.
I still remember him in his Hawaiian shirt at our Polynesian BBQ marveling at the about of monster stuff I owned.
Movie fans are finally getting a sneak peek at the latest Disney movie, Moana, which features the first Polynesian Disney princess.
Long-distance Polynesian voyaging was common from the year 1000 to 1400, including the 2,500-mile run between Tahiti and Hawaii.
But the bartenders wear aloha shirts as they reach for coconut mugs and Fu Manchu cups for their modernized Polynesian drinks.
When Tony and Gipper Finau were young, most of their Polynesian friends embraced team sports like football, rugby, volleyball or basketball.
"It still offers an authentic Polynesian lifestyle, as well as great sceneries and beautiful white-sand beaches," Ms. Biotteau-Colas said.
VICE has found at least one of them has been raiding what could be sacred indigenous Polynesian grave sites and removing skulls.
And today, Obama may be sitting pretty, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on a tiny French Polynesian island called Tetiaroa.
But Polynesian voyaging extends beyond this triangle; there is strong evidence they reached the coast of South America and sub-Antarctic islands.
During production, Disney created the Oceanic Story Trust — a board of experts, including Polynesian locals and elders — to advise on cultural accuracy.
The Polynesian Village Resort is filled with cult-favorites, and this caramel and banana-topped delight may be the best of them.
Kensli Taylor Davis, of Milledgeville, Georgia, is a huge fan of Moana, a popular animated 2016 Disney film about a Polynesian princess.
The project was put on hold when it lost the support of the French Polynesian government in 2018, Business Insider previously reported.
On the movie-star side, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, a descendant of Samoan chiefs, voices Maui — the trickster demigod from Polynesian mythology.
Resort activities are plentiful and varied and include flower lei and puka shell making classes, as well as Polynesian arts and crafts.
His paintings, which helped inspire the Primitivist art movement, saw Polynesian femininity as representing some preternatural connection between body, soul, and land.
Attracted to the "primitive" allure of the French Polynesian island, he took three teenage wives there, who he likely infected with syphilis.
Her black-and-white self-portraits as a fictitious Samoan woman on decolonized Polynesian territory in the series Where do we come from?
Today, both men are considered the fathers of modern surfing and among the first to popularize the Polynesian-born sport on the mainland.
Chelsie Haunani Fairchild, who describes herself in a YouTube video as a native Hawaiian and Polynesian, said she was "livid" about the costume.
Snow is unknown in Tonga, a tropical Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 islands that is more famous for its international rugby prowess.
So who better to don a hibiscus and make like the beautiful and brave heroine of Disney's eponymous (and tear-jerking) Polynesian film?
A new trailer for Disney's latest animated film, Moana is giving fans a closer look and listen to the first Polynesian Disney princess.
Frankie's Tiki RoomMind the skull ratings at this musty Polynesian paradise, where the five-skull Zombie was once limited to two per patron.
That was the name given to New Zealand by Kupe, the first Polynesian to reach the then-uninhabited island in the 10th century.
World War I was also fought by African, Asian, Caribbean and Polynesian troops, who came to the Western Front by choice or conscription.
The result was a heady mix of languid Polynesian sounds caffeinated by the rhythmic fireworks of the tabla of Subhasis Bhattacharya, Debashish's brother.
Of all the resorts I've experienced at Walt Disney World, which are many, the Polynesian boasts one of the most well-executed themes.
The Polynesian Village Resort is located right across the lagoon from the Magic Kingdom (and within walking distance of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort).
Ray Wyland has undoubtedly encountered more faux-bamboo room dividers, blue Curaçao cocktails and drinkware shaped like Polynesian idols than any person deserves.
Many aspects of the island, the statues and the Polynesian seafarers who arrived there 900 years ago have been studied over the years.
The dismissal rattled the team, about half of whom share a Polynesian heritage with Folau as well as many of his religious views.
For high-end Polynesian comfort, there is the Hangaroa Eco Village & Spa beside the sea or the Explora Rapa Nui in the hills.
Velas first opened the Panorama in 23 after renting out what was once the Polynesian-themed Chu-Chu Chinese restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard.
And when the sole fiber-optic cable connecting the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga was severed, Kacific helped bring the nation's capital back online.
Same goes for Hawaii, which has always celebrated Discoverers' Day in honor of the Polynesian explorers who colonized the Hawaiian islands, instead of Columbus.
But still, there I was in the French Polynesian islands with the Discovery Channel and Eli Roth about to go in search of one.
Rose sets off for Polynesian night alone to contend with Moishe's racy dad jokes and Shirley's refusal to remove her silverware laden fur coat.
Analyses of previous outbreaks, such as one in the French Polynesian islands, revealed a rise in birth defects following the arrival of Zika virus.
Since landing on the French Polynesian island, the actress has been documenting her tropical vacation with lots of bathing suit-filled photos on Instagram.
HONOLULU — Disney said Wednesday it would no longer sell a boy's costume for a Polynesian character that some Pacific Islanders have compared to blackface.
The Hokulea was greeted in the harbor by other replica Polynesian voyaging canoes as well as modern ships, sailboats, wave runners and paddle boarders.
Polynesian people had been navigating this way for centuries, well before Magellan circumnavigated the globe in the 1503s with the aid of a compass.
KIN YUM, a Chinese restaurant known for its Polynesian tiki décor, has put away the woks for good after 63 years in Flushing, Queens.
The island nation has a large number of unique animals that face extreme pressure from small, predatory mammals brought by Polynesian and European settlers.
"I expect French Polynesian and foreign people to live there and commute there for work, and schoolchildren to take class trips there," Quirk said.
WE ADJOURNED to the South Pacific Cafe, the restaurant next door, which is Polynesian-themed and owned by the same people as 38 Below.
If you plan to spend most of your time there, consider a more convenient resort like the Grand Floridian, the Polynesian, or the Contemporary.
These Polynesian seafarers came on two canoes and were led by Hotu Matu'a, who would become the island's first chief, according to oral tradition.
Polynesian people had been navigating this way for centuries, well before Magellan circumnavigated the globe in the 1500s with the aid of a compass.
They thought that Hawaii was too far away, and that it had too many people of Asian and Polynesian descent and not enough Caucasians.
His master's thesis, on surfing and Polynesian culture, evolved into a book, "Surfing: The Sport of Hawaiian Kings" (2000), written with James D. Houston.
A paradise for predators Before Polynesian settlers arrived in New Zealand around the 13th century, its forests squawked, chirped and tweeted with bird life.
A true middle-class renaissance kid, his first love was art, then hockey, then performing in a competitive Polynesian dance troupe with his family.
"I'm quite happy to look at a traditional name for our country which reflects the true Polynesian nature of our island nation," he said.
Things began to go awry around then, however, when Clement Wragge, a British meteorologist working in the Pacific, began to name storms after Polynesian beauties.
Moana will feature Disney's first Polynesian princess, so you'd hope the film remains true to the cultures of Polynesia, both on and off the screen.
As a young man, he visited the South Pacific and he later carved the figureheads of Polynesian spirits into his 70-foot schooner for protection.
Thiel's comments came just as the Institute announced it had an agreement with the French Polynesian government to explore creating sustainable islands off the  coast.
The society had to go all the way to Micronesia where one of the few remaining Polynesian celestial navigators, a man named Mau Piailug, lived.
Since he's left office, Barry's post-presidential life has including yachts, water skiing with Richard Branson, and hanging out on Marlon Brando's French Polynesian hideaway.
For one, Bobbie is portrayed in the book as a 6-foot-tall Polynesian woman, which presented some challenges when it came to casting her.
Members of its Olympic side grew up using plastic bottles as makeshift balls, and such improvisation is in keeping with the roots of Polynesian rugby.
Outside the South Pacific, particularly the Polynesian islands, it is a largely misunderstood community, according to Lee Hang, who works for the government's fisheries department.
At the time, the Florida destination housed one theme park, Magic Kingdom, and three nearby resorts: the Contemporary Resort Polynesian Resort, Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Small Island to the big field Pupu'a, his parents and eight siblings emigrated from the Polynesian islands of Tonga when he was five years old.
A practicing Hindu who states that she is "of Asian, Polynesian, and Caucasian" heritage, Gabbard represents one of the least-white states in the union.
Mr. Presley installed a pool with a jukebox nearby, hosted friends and relatives, and created a "Jungle Room" with green carpets and a Polynesian theme.
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort has a rating of 4 out of 5-stars on Trip Advisor with 3,890 reviews and holds a Certificate of Excellence.
Even though Disney's Polynesian Village Resort is one of the more expensive resorts in Walt Disney World, it is also one of the most memorable.
Four days later, he attended Leilene's Polynesian dance recital before returning to the road to tune up for the United States Open, which begins Thursday.
Our guides grew up in Maui and taught us the basic commands, strokes, and gave us a brief history of wayfinding in the Polynesian islands.
"The voyage changed the whole identity of the Hawaiian people," Nainoa Thompson, the president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, told The Honolulu Star-Advertiser recently.
It took director and writer Waititi (who identifies as a Polynesian Jew) eight years to make and finish Jojo Rabbit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The long-hitting, affable Finau, who is of Polynesian descent, will make his Presidents Cup debut against the International Team at Royal Melbourne from Dec.
Rapping Out of TroubleAt Sunshine train station some Polynesian kids blasting commercial hip-hop from a boom box approached me asking me for a cigarette.
This morning, the Hokule'a is making her return home to Hawaii after spending the last three years circumnavigating the world using only traditional Polynesian navigation techniques.
The island, in the Polynesian Triangle, home to the famous and mysterious Easter Island statues, now sees more visitors than the pyramids of Egypt, Newsweek reports.
A source tells PEOPLE that the actress vacationed on the French Polynesian island Tahiti last month alongside pals Cox, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Molly McNearney.
Black Power are a prominent gang in New Zealand, formed in 1970 with predominantly Māori and Polynesian members, and inspired by the U.S. Black Power movement.
My last example: What was the origin of Polynesian people, who colonized every habitable Pacific island from Tonga to Hawaii within the last few thousand years?
Mr. Presley installed a pool with a jukebox nearby, hosted friends and relatives and created a "Jungle Room" with green shag carpets and a Polynesian theme.
The Polynesian inhabitants had only small and leaky canoes, so it was unclear how they had ever reached the island, let alone built such colossal figures.
Its simple décor of hand-carved koa wood daybeds and bright white linens is offset by local painter Avi Kiriaty's vibrant depictions of ancient Polynesian life.
Jerry Brown made it official, signing Assembly Bill 1782, which nods to surfing's Polynesian roots and notes that the sport was imported to California from Hawaii.
The resort is comprised of a collection of longhouses with lush landscaping and a variety of Polynesian touches from traditional tapa designs to large carved tikis.
The company will sell 16-ounce bottles of its signature and Polynesian sauces in grocery stores and 8-ounce bottles of other sauces at its restaurants.
Taboo, a Polynesian word that Sigmund Freud translated as "holy dread," most often referred to an action that was both sacred and forbidden, consecrated and dangerous.
Ever since Paul Gauguin set sail from France to Tahiti in 1891, the myth of the vahine, or Polynesian woman, has loomed large in Western art.
Disney films became more culturally sensitive and inclusive; within a few years, audiences would get their first Native American, Asian, African-American and Polynesian Disney princesses.
Disney films became more culturally sensitive and inclusive; within a few years, audiences would get their first Native American, Asian, African-American and Polynesian Disney princesses.
You can bar hop among theme hotels, like the Tambu Lounge at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort or the Victoria Falls Lounge at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge.
At the time, Polynesian and French doctors were just beginning to diagnose Guillain-Barré syndrome, a form of temporary paralysis that starts in the hands and feet.
The Statesman reports Campbell cited successful QBs like Tua Tagovailoa (who's actually Polynesian), Vince Young, Jalen Hurts, Deshaun Watson and J.T. Barrett to back up his claim.
But one of Disney's more recent movies, Moana, has sparked controversy among parents over whether dressing as the Polynesian princess or her pal Maui is culturally appropriate.
Like so many Disney films, it's a musical, this time with catchy Polynesian-tinged songs written by Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Hamilton composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
At the counter, a bearded man read the Times with unbroken concentration, and several other patrons remained civilized, eating Polynesian noodles with generous glugs of sesame oil.
The Polynesian will not be like that: Like most undertakings by Major Food Group, which owns Carbone and Dirty French, it is a tad over the top.
José Avalos, then 36, worked outside the warehouse as a carpenter and then returned to make theatrical Latin-Kabuki style masks and Polynesian-inflected papier-mâché figurines.
The sitters acting out the role of vahine in these portraits are not just cisgender women, but ma¯hu¯ (Polynesian for effeminate men) and rae-rae (transgender).
A study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology found only evidence of Polynesian DNA in human remains on the island that predate European contact in 1722.
Buoyant songs by the Polynesian singer and composer Opetaia Foa'i (performed with his band Te Vaka) anchor the film's cheery globalism in a specific South Pacific milieu.
For the first time in six centuries, a traditional Polynesian sailing vessel had made the voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti, covering more than 2,700 miles without instruments.
Upgrades and expansions to Disney-owned hotels (Polynesian Village, Coronado Springs, Caribbean Beach) and Disney Springs, a shopping and dining district, are costing hundreds of millions more.
Although Zika has virtually disappeared from most of the Polynesian islands it swept through, it could establish itself on the continent as an endemic disease, returning every summer.
He, with his chest bare above what looks like a grass skirt, might be Polynesian, though the skirt is made of silvery tinsel and his crown suggests ice.
A source tells PEOPLE that the actress vacationed on the French Polynesian island Tahiti earlier this month alongside pals Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Molly McNearney.
Moana (newcomer Auli'i Cravalho) grows up in an idyllic Polynesian island paradise, where the only rule laid down by her father is not to venture beyond the reef.
A source tells PEOPLE that the 49-year-old actress just vacationed on the French Polynesian island alongside pals Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel, and his wife Molly McNearney.
A source previously told PEOPLE that the actress also vacationed on the French Polynesian island Tahiti in late March alongside Cox, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife Molly McNearney.
Trad'r Sam: While San Francisco has many upscale tiki bars that will make you feel like a Polynesian prince or princess, Trad'r Sam is…not one of those.
Traditionally, you can get it in its standard, unadulterated form or as a float (with a shot of rum, if you're at Disney's Polynesian Resort and feeling saucy).
A source tells PEOPLE that the 49-year-old actress just vacationed on the French Polynesian island alongside pals Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel, and his wife Molly McNearney.
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A source tells PEOPLE that the actress vacationed earlier this month on the French Polynesian island Tahiti alongside pals Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel, and his wife Molly McNearney.
She sank, taking with her negro and Indian and Polynesian, Asiatic and Quaker and good, business-like Yankees and Ishmael: She sank all the lot of them. Boom!
Native Hawaiian astronomy is both ancient and new, and is deeply tied to Polynesian traditions of navigating long distances over the Pacific Ocean, using the stars as guides.
The Polynesian Voyaging Society benefited from the expertise of Mau Piailug, a navigator from the island of Satawal in Micronesia who learned star-compass navigation from his grandfather.
It's the culture, it's our people, Polynesian people, who are willing to die here to protect this land ... this very sacred land that they believe in so powerfully.
The rabid Disney fan of Samoan, Kiwi and Maori heritage, Wolfgramm and her bandmates (Tongan siblings Richard, Willliam and Moala) inspired by the film's focus on Polynesian culture.
He gives me a little history on traditional Polynesian navigation: Rather than working their way towards their destination, their perspective is that their destination is coming towards them.
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, a Polynesian thatched-roof restaurant set over an oceanfront lagoon, serves Hawaiian-influenced fish and meat entrees in an incredibly-romantic setting, and should not be missed.
Garfield) to corner the market in lots on a Polynesian island with the help of the title character (Manu Tupou), whom they intend to make a puppet ruler.
But at the private Punahou School in Honolulu, Bob learned the ukulele and songs of the Polynesian Islands and met Mr. Guard, with whom he formed a duet.
As well as reintroducing vanishing accented capitals, the government hopes the new keyboard will make it easier to write in regional languages like Occitan, Catalan, Polynesian and Breton.
But this theory is on some seriously shaky ground; the first clue, chickens, was discredited back in 2014, and the second, Polynesian DNA, is based on very flimsy evidence.
For great views with fewer crowds, jump on the park's monorail or take a complimentary boat (which sail across Seven Seas Lagoon) and head to the Polynesian Village Resort.
They also celebrated DiCaprio's 42nd birthday together with his mom in mid-November at The Brando on Tetiaroa, the French Polynesian island where Marlon Brando once made his home.
The actor, 60, says while working as a waiter at a Polynesian restaurant, he once joked with coworkers on how they'd kill the chef whom they particularly didn't like.
But after Disney searched through hundreds of girls in the Pacific Islands, Cravalho snagged the part in 2015 with her bubbly personality and renditions of Disney and Polynesian songs.
A source recently confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple recently spent a sun-soaked vacation in the French Polynesian island — likely their last vacation before Blue's new siblings arrive.
The Polynesian feels completely at peace, secure in the knowledge that waters actually can be that warm and turquoise, sands that white and soft, flowers that fragrant and vibrant.
Homecoming The Hokulea and its sister ship, Hikianalia, covered a combined 60 ,000 nautical miles, over 150 ports, and 23 countries and territories, the Polynesian Voyaging Society website reported.
Fa'afafine is a "third gender" in Polynesian culture, according to the Samoa Fa'afafine Association, and has been a part of island life for as long as anyone can remember.
On her mother's side—a blend of black, Haitian, Indonesian, Native American, and Polynesian—her grandmother was a heavy practitioner of the "dark arts," she tells Broadly over email.
To save her island, she sets out to find the god Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who is said to have created the Polynesian Islands, but proves less helpful than expected.
The French Polynesian initiative is in a stronger position to succeed, he said, in that the institute has for the first time secured an agreement with a host nation.
"We are committed to making the Polynesian the best tiki bar in the world," Jeff Zalaznick, a partner in Major Food Group, said in a statement, with typical restraint.
With theme park perks, fun pools, bars, and dining, plus a prime position close to the Magic Kingdom, the Polynesian is well worth the price to elevate your vacation.
There are also culturally significant canoe plants in and outside the Conservatory — like palms, used for thatching, and taro, a foodstuff — brought by Polynesian settlers roughly 1,500 years ago.
He was a stocky blond with numerous tattoos — a dark blue Polynesian design across one shoulder, English phrases up both forearms and burst of color on his right wrist.
In 2139, he and a partner paid $22015 million in cash for an abandoned building that once housed the Palm Springs location of the Don the Beachcomber Polynesian restaurant.
A look back at the data from a Zika outbreak in the French Polynesian islands in 2013-'14 revealed a rise in birth defects following the arrival of Zika.
Jason stomped back and forth outside the Chinese Theater as his buddies -- including his kids, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf -- lined up to perform the Haka ... a traditional Polynesian dance.
One theory is that the early Polynesian colonizers of Rapa Nui reached southern Chile by boat in the pre-Hispanic period, bringing the curanto tradition to their eventual homeland.
A source recently confirmed to PEOPLE that Bey and Jay recently spent a sun-soaked vacation in the French Polynesian island — likely their last vacay before Blue's new siblings arrive.
Related Video: Leonardo DiCaprio on Meeting Pope Francis to Discuss Climate Change In November, the couple was spotted on the French Polynesian island of Tetiaroa with Irmelin Indenbirken, DiCaprio's mother.
Space advocates point to humans' history of migration, saying that colonising Mars would be like the Polynesian conquest of the Pacific, say, or the European migrations to the New World.
With their trip coming to a close, John and Alana went out to enjoy the ocean one last time on April 20, their last full day on the Polynesian island.
The film tells the story of Moana, Disney's first Polynesian princess, as she sets out in the South Pacific to find Maui, a shape shifting demi-god played by Johnson.
A look back at the data from a Zika outbreak in the French Polynesian islands in 2013 to 2014 revealed a rise in birth defects following the arrival of Zika.
The songs, crafted by Samoan musician Opetaia Foa'i, composer Mark Mancina, and Hamilton composer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda, draw on Polynesian drumming and choral vocals for a rich, hypnotic sound.
Of course, things were informed by South Auckland, being Polynesian and coming from low-income neighborhoods—all attached to the reality of what it is to live in those spaces.
The elaborate decorations were even more intoxicating with the help of powerfully boozy cocktails and Polynesian-inspired food, which was a welcome change from mainstream American cuisine at the time.
When Colton Dixon and his new wife Annie arrived at the Polynesian resort where they stayed for their honeymoon, they remembered something that made it feel even more like paradise.
Berry rounded out her trip by sharing a video of herself diving into the beautiful waters of Bora Bora in a bikini and showing off her new Polynesian head wrap.
They also celebrated the actor's 42nd birthday together with his mom in mid-November at The Brando on Tetiaroa, the French Polynesian island where Marlon Brando once made his home.
It also didn't hurt that like this bold, adventurous Polynesian heroine, Ms. Cravalho also grew up swimming, surfing, paddle boarding, cracking jokes and hearing myths about the island deity Maui.
When I was 11, I fell in love with "Mutiny on the Bounty" and only wanted to eat bread fruit and lounge around on Polynesian beaches with lovely native women.
One of the first resorts to open at Walt Disney World, the Polynesian has been a top choice for visitors for almost 50 years since it opened back in 1971.
In Illusions, I wanted to update and complexify the image of the vahine in art, pushing past the boundaries of binary gender to offer a portrait of Indigenous Polynesian femininity.
Roughly 3 percent of blood donors tested positive for Zika infection during an outbreak in French Polynesian in 2013, noted the AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks.
"So here we go," Johnson says before beginning the beautiful Polynesian song for the camera, pausing a little ways in to point out the (impressive) high note he's able to hit.
Last week, Oprah Winfrey told PEOPLE that she "can't talk about" her ultra-luxe French Polynesian yacht cruise with Tom Hanks and Bruce Springsteen as well as Michelle and Barack Obama.
Tonga, a Polynesian kingdom made up of around 170 islands, is known for their strong rugby team — but Taufatofua said he knows he can make a name for himself in skiing.
But while reform-minded members of the more established groups are maturing, a younger set of L.A.-style street gangs is rising in New Zealand, many of them Maori and Polynesian.
The introduction of Polynesian rats and dogs by the Māori, followed by the arrival of Europeans with countless non-native mammals in tow, wrought untold havoc on the island's native wildlife.
The actor, who is on location in Hawaii filming Jumanji, introduced the trailer by giving viewers a "taste of Polynesian culture" and taking part in a fire dance and native chant.
Airbnb just launched a new service called Airbnb Luxe that's offering a week on a French Polynesian "private atoll," complete with a 21-bedroom mansion and 50 staff, for $1 million.
Fontanet's team analyzed data from 42 patients who developed GBS at the time of the French Polynesian epidemic and found that every one had evidence of a previous infection with Zika.
The giant heads, carved centuries ago by the island's inhabitants, represent the living ancestors of Easter Island's Polynesian people, the Rapa Nui, and have brought it UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
It may be new to mainland America, but in Hawaii, it's a treat that dates back centuries, possibly as early as the first Polynesian settlers that sailed across the Pacific Ocean.
This week I am sharing some essays on surfing — the sport that came to us from the Polynesian islands and evolved into its own subculture, influencing our fashion, slang and music.
The statues, or moai, were built over hundreds of years by Easter Islanders themselves — a formerly advanced Polynesian society that was prosperous enough to make ever bigger and more ornate statues.
"They are 100 percent completely Polynesian ancestry as far as we can see," said Pontus Skoglund, a geneticist at the Francis Crick Institute in London and an author of the paper.
The French Polynesian island in the Pacific Ocean was picked in December as the preferred option over rival beaches on the French mainland in Biarritz, Lacanau, Les Landes and La Torche.
In one, Devi Wani, a Javanese actress, played Ata; in the other, Ms. Verdugo played her, to accommodate audiences for whom marriage between a Polynesian and an Englishman was considered unacceptable.
Why resort to computer-animated Polynesian or Nordic teenagers when you can watch a tale of empowerment and agency about a young woman who actually became queen of the United Kingdom?
The French Polynesian island in the Pacific Ocean was picked in December as the preferred option over rival beaches on the French mainland in Biarritz, Lacanau, Les Landes and La Torche.
More than two decades earlier, in 1947, Heyerdahl had sailed across the Pacific from South America to the Polynesian islands in a raft named Kon-Tiki, for the Inca sun god.
For their final stop, the royal couple visited Rotorua's Te Papaiouru marae -- a sacred meeting house in Polynesian societies -- where they participated in a traditional Māori welcoming ceremony called a pōwhiri.
Admit it ... Jason Momoa makes ya kinda love "Aquaman" -- instead of just mocking him like usual -- and, at the movie's premiere, he turned the fish talker into a full Polynesian badass.
Moana is the daughter of a Polynesian chief, being groomed to succeed her father and advise her people, but she's as much the recipient of received wisdom as she is its arbiter.
What's more, reanalyses of the data from previous outbreaks, such as one in the French Polynesian islands in 2013 to '14, revealed a rise in birth defects following the arrival of Zika.
In December, the Hokule'a, the Polynesian voyaging canoe built in Hawai'i in the early 1970s, sailed away from Capetown toward South America on the longest leg of its around-the-world voyage.
She said Millane should have been safe on her trip to New Zealand, a place that prides itself on manaakitanga -- a word from the Maori, New Zealand's indigenous Polynesian people -- meaning hospitality.
I had my heart set on staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge or Polynesian Village inside Disney World, but both were sold out (word to the Disney-wise: plan way, way ahead).
You are paying a premium to be in the Polynesian Resort bubble; to splash with tikis, grab a Dole Whip, and to enjoy a late-night cocktail or two at Trader Sam's.
The fast-food chain will sell 16-ounce bottles of its signature Chick-fil-A and Polynesian sauces at all Target, Publix, Walmart, and Winn-Dixie stores in Florida beginning in April.
But in Gauguin's Pacific phase, too, it's the decorative arts, as well as woodblock prints sometimes carved on Polynesian wood, that reveal his unconstrained experiment and his readiness to seek stranger shores.
Entertainment goes well beyond navy grog and steaks cooked over oak in a Chinese oven, to include a time-warp stage show called the Polynesian Islander Revue (fire dancers, headdresses, pulsating drums).
In "A Study of A Samoan Savage" (2015), Kihara has photographed the Samoan artist Ioane Ioane who poses as the Polynesian demi-god Maui as he's poked and prodded by medical instruments.
In recent years, Disney has ramped up its diversity efforts, producing films like Moana, derived from Polynesian culture, and Queen of Katwe, the based-on-real-life story of a Ugandan chess champ.
Taufatofua, who represented the Polynesian country of Tonga as a flag bearer during the Games' Opening Ceremony, was front and center on stage catching the world's eye with his fit physique yet again.
In recent weeks, an online brush fire has broken out around "Moana," an animated Polynesian adventure to be released in November; an overweight male character has been criticized as offensive to Pacific Islanders.
Trader Sam's Grog Grotto and Tiki Bar, for example, is a hidden bar within the Polynesian Village Resort that offers unique cocktails and unexpected surprises (like a fake volcano eruption within the bar).
Served in a 10-ounce mug, Applebee's twist on the Polynesian drink is a vibrant red-and-yellow layered tiki cocktail made with rum, pineapple, passion fruit, orange, black cherry and lime flavors.
Despite it being a balmy 85 degrees Fahrenheit at night, the gatekeeper at Roulotte Kim had no qualms about selling me a proper steak frites for 1300 French Polynesian francs—less than $13.
This report from New Zealand is a rare look at the darker side of recent developments in the Polynesian archipelago kingdom: graft and a lack of accountability that allows organized crime to flourish.
And in the famous Kon-Tiki expedition, a Norwegian explorer named Thor Heyerdahl showed on a balsa wood raft how South Americans could have voyaged to the Polynesian islands during pre-Columbian times.
The two times I've stayed at the Polynesian, I have booked their least expensive hotel room, the standard Garden View Room, which, with a starting price in the mid $400s isn't exactly cheap.
Visitors from all over Walt Disney World come to the Polynesian for Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show, an open-air all-you-can-enjoy luau with hula dancing, fire dancing, and drummers.
I understood completely why my guide, a stocky, dreadlocked resident who can trace his island roots back 2715 generations to a Polynesian warrior named Ororoine, described this trek as a journey through time.
One of the finest examples of classical Polynesian sculptures and textiles in the islands was assembled by Laurance S. Rockefeller, for his Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island, in the 1960s.
"Te Bourao II", which depicts a stream with birds and flowers in a rich palette of blues and greens, was painted in 1897 when Gauguin was living on the Polynesian island of Tahiti.
What its captain, Jacob Roggeween, found was a Polynesian people long since cut off from the rest of humanity, covered in tattoos and encircled by mysterious stone faces erected all along the coast.
Once things had settled down, the family appears to have enjoyed a lovely dinner and "to cap it off" Hashian's mother performed a Polynesian hula as The Rock's mom strummed the ukulele and sang.
Taufatofua, who represented the Polynesian county as a flag bearer during the 2016 Olympic ceremony, caught the world's eye as he marched shirtless (and greasy) with his teammates during the procession of the nations.
Since whalers were world travelers, NBWM has an extensive ethnographic collection, so they were able to include such objects as a Hawaiian/Polynesian "Lei niho palaoa," which contains walrus ivory woven between human hair.
That began to change in the 1970s with the founding of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and the construction of the Hokulea, a voyaging canoe made to replicate long-distance seafaring canoes of the past.
By the time the film's creators were done with him, Maui was so large that online critics thought Disney's version looked more obese than Olympian, feeding into negative stereotypes of Polynesian men and women.
Over a thousand years ago our islands were settled by Polynesian voyagers who navigated by the stars with pinpoint accuracy and traversed thousands of miles across the world's largest ocean with renewable wind energy.
Blending Polynesian and Western modes of expression and juxtaposing their own works with ethnographic artifacts, the artists showed the potential for cultural cross-pollination in art and simultaneous engagement with the local and global.
"A Musical Offering" is a close response to Bach's highly European masterpiece of that name, and yet, with wonderful defiance of cultural logic, its movement is all neo-primitivist, evoking Polynesian or Aztec imagery.
It's an uninhabited, roadless and raw landscape that, Beno said, is essentially an open-air museum, filled with ancient structures and relics dating to the arrival of the first Polynesian navigators 1,700 years ago.
For many years it has been held at the Mai-Kai, a sprawling, 600-seat, Polynesian restaurant-bar-theater-garden compound that has survived largely intact (waterfalls, thatch roofs) since it opened in 1956.
But unlike "Moana," which took care to find individuals with authentic Polynesian heritage for its major roles, the producers of "Ghost" chose to cast summer tent-pole staple Scarlett Johansson as its unambiguously Japanese protagonist.
Now, most of us are aware of what a lei is — a garland of flowers worn around the neck, found in many Polynesian cultures and often associated with Hawaii — but what is a money lei?
Earlier this year, the couple embarked on a French Polynesian and Hawaiian getaway with Jack in tow, making their airborne trek back to the U.S. in style aboard what appeared to be a private plane.
As first reported by Page Six, the group, which also included film producer Mike Medavoy and his wife, stayed at The Brando on Tetiaroa, the French Polynesian island where Marlon Brando once made his home.
A controversy swept through the web last month when writer Sachi Feris published a now-viral article titled "Moana, Elsa, And Halloween" about why Feris wouldn't let her daughter dress up as the Polynesian princess.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The mayor of the Chile's Easter Island territory conceded on Monday that the British Museum might be a better home for a massive native Polynesian statue taken by British seamen 150 years ago.
Murphy marries Edmonds — who has two kids with ex-husband Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds — in a nonlegally binding ceremony on a private French Polynesian island on New Year's Day, only to split up two weeks later.
Casting a celebrity would have unbalanced the movie, Waititi said, and if audiences saw an enthusiastic Polynesian playing Hitler, it would be a big hint that this material wasn't meant to be played entirely straight.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake in the South pacific measuring 5.7 magnitude struck 268 kilometers (166.53 miles) south of the island of Nuku'alofa in the Polynesian state of Tonga, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Saturday.
Gauguin spent most of the 2010 remaining years of his life in Tahiti and on the French Polynesian island of Hiva Oa, cohabiting with adolescent girls, fathering more children, and producing his best-known paintings.
They include a work on Polynesian themes by Jahra Wasasala, a puppet show about the Indian god Krishna from the Culture Tree, and an interactive presentation of Native American traditions from the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers.
There are anime explosion effects (Japan), a tattoo of Chinese characters (China), a reference to mai tais (Polynesian), and coolie hats (Vietnam); Chun Li herself is a Chinese character written by a Japanese video game maker.
The 34-year-old Polynesian athlete was back in all of his oily glory at the opening ceremony Friday of the 23rd Winter Olympics as the teams entered the massive stadium for the parade of athletes.
An archipelago republic of more than 7,500 islands, the Philippines remains one of the world's most linguistically diverse regions, with a heritage of Malayo-Polynesian languages and the lingering colonial influence of Spanish and American occupation.
The effort goes far beyond the French language alone, though, as the group also plans to work in punctuation marks for French regional languages like Occitan, Catalan, Breton as well as other European languages and Polynesian.
"When we look at photos of Polynesian men and women from the last 100 to 200 years, most of our people were not overweight, and this negative stereotype of Maui is just not acceptable," Salesa wrote.

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