It started out with breakfast and soccer (Spain/Paraguay) at the cafe
and Coco came along and behaved great.
Then back home (weather so, so) chillin' until after lunch when we
took Coco to the beach. The water was flat and Coco dove in right away.
At dinner time, my private chef cooked another great meal and
afterwards we headed down to the Heiva to watch the dance competition.
They sing/chant first, which was nice to hear for about 5 minutes, and
we checked out the rest of the festival until the dance started.
The dance, traditional of course, was amazing! Each area in Bora Bora
have their own group and they compose the music, the choreography and
costume design themselves. Fanui (the village. I live in Vaitape),
which has won the last 2 years, did a great job. They were first out!
Their troup concisted of 65 dancers, singers and of course the drum
and ukulele players, the band. The dance was about growing up and
making a choise in life, taking a new path, leave the island or stay
with the family. Rebellious! Drugs, alcohol, smoking. All which I
think is very relevant for the people here.
As I stated already, the show was amazing! I mean, with the drums,
girls shaking their ass like I never seen before and the guys with
their masculine warrior look and their costumes, it's so electric and
powerful.
Before heading back home we got caramel popcorn to top off the
evening! Pictures and hopefully a video clip will be posted shortly!
Cheers my friends!
Camilla
why don't you join one group? they are open and this is better than any fitness lesson you can ever dream about (not like you need any by the way).
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