# 1991 VHS • Welcome to Polynesia! 60 FPS

A 1991 promotional and documentary video for the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in partnership with BYU Hawaii. The tape opens with narrated footage of Oahu covering Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, the 1200-foot Nuuanu Pali cliffs, the North Shore surfing, Hanauma Bay snorkeling, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, and the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, before transitioning to the Cultural Center itself. The center is presented as a 42-acre living museum staffed largely by BYU Hawaii students from Pacific Island nations. A Samoan host named Mika leads the first village segment, demonstrating coconut husking and fire-making, explaining that in Samoa men do all the cooking. Subsequent village segments cover Maori New Zealand, where demonstrations include the tiraku stick game, poi ball swinging, and a welcome ceremony involving a token placed on the ground; the Fiji village, covering the Fijian bamboo fire dance, chief's house construction traditions, and the sacred white kauri shell; the Hawaii village, with a detailed poi-pounding demonstration explaining that Hawaiians were the only Polynesians to pound taro into dough form; the Marquesas village, where performers are described as the most extensively tattooed Polynesians; the French Polynesia and Tahiti village, teaching the tamure hip-shake dance for women and the paoti knee-knock for men; and the Tonga village, the last remaining…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1991
- By: The Vista Group®
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheVistaGroup-WelcomeToPolynesia)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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