The House of the Marquesans

The Marquesas are a house, the name for each island has the meaning for a part of the house:

Hiva Oa - 'Long Beam' the beam that forms the top of the roof
Ua Pou - 'Two-pillars', that hold up the beam
Nuku Hiva - the corners of the beam
Fatu Iva - the nine layers of coconut fronds used to thatch the roof
Tahuata - 'Work is done'
Ua Huka - 'Clean-up'

(others know this story better than I do)

Reference:
Doug Gorgoni

Revised: June 13, 1996

Copyright © 1996 Daniel (Taniera) Longstaff
daniel.longstaff@pdq.net
samt@ nomoa.com

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