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On the island of Savaiʻi in Samoa, a spirit deity called Tui Fiti resides in Fagamalo, a village said to have once been settled by Fijians. [4] The special abode of Tui Fiti was a mound within a grove of large and durable trees called ifilele (Intsia bijuga). Tui Fiti's abode is called the vao sa, a sacred part of the forest which is tapu in ...
However, Te Fiti disintegrates, and Maui is attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. His magical fishhook and Te Fiti's heart are lost in the ocean. The ocean then chooses Moana to return the heart to Te Fiti. Tui and Sina, Moana's mother, try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare her to become the island's chief. Sixteen years later, blight ...
Moana [b] is a 2016 American animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, co-directed by Chris Williams and Don Hall, and produced by Osnat Shurer, from a screenplay written by Jared Bush, and based on a story conceived by Clements, Musker, Williams, Hall, Pamela ...
When they reach the island of Te Fiti, they are confronted by the lava demon Te Ka and in the battle Maui's magical fish hook is broken, which causes him to lose hope. Having found her courage, Moana returns to the island and successfully restores the heart of Te Fiti, which causes the goddess to return and bring renewed life to the surrounding ...
Fitiuta, also known as Fiti'uta or Maia, is a village on the northeast coast of Taʻū island, one of the Manuʻa Islands in American Samoa. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 153. [1] The village of Fitiuta is made up of two hamlets: Maia and Leusoali'i, [1] the latter of
Fitiuta Airport has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 975 m × 23 m (3,200 ft × 75 ft). For 12-month period ending May 29, 2015, the airport had 1,130 aircraft operations (an average of 3 per day), 100% of which were air taxi flights. [1]
"From Te Fiti [The East]", answered the old man and nodded toward that part of the horizon where the sun rose, the direction in which there was no other land except South America. (p.217) Heyerdahl went on to explore this possibility a number of years later, as is detailed in his books Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island.
Funafuti is an atoll, comprising numerous islets, that serves as the capital of Tuvalu. [1] [2] As of the 2017 census, it has a population of 6,320 people. [3]More people live in Funafuti than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with it containing approximately 60% of the nation's population.