| Subject: |
|
Re: Re: Re: True Story(Cont.#4) |
| Name: |
|
Troy |
| Date Posted: |
|
Sep 12, 05 - 12:39 PM |
| Email: |
|
tulroy09@yahoo.com |
| Message: |
|
By 1810, the King and Queen had two children, Tisiniriak and Bubore. They were pure Polynesian, half Cook and Samoan Islander. They were very big in size and Tisiniriak was very much like his father Tutuk (Tutaki).
About this time, the Queen, Nei-Kamoa (Timirik), was awakened one morning by a wet crab which had crawled up on and across her stomach. She followed the crab into a cave and saw it disappear down into the cracks of the rocks. She immediately summoned her husband. He came rushing to her with several of his men to see what the excitement was all about. They started digging up the heavy rocks around the hole where the crab had disappeared into. After a few feet, there it was…water! They had discovered that fresh water was captured in an ancient lava tube. This was truly a great discovery. For the first time, the people would not have to spend so much time traveling to other islands, collecting fresh water during the drought months. In honor of this great discovery, the first rock taken from the well was carved into the likeness of a turtle. The Sea Turtle is the symbolic of the King of Puakonakai. A old mythological tale in Polynesia explains of the sea turtle that is actually holding up Ocean Island. The turtle immediately became the symbol of the Puakonakai Royal Crown. It was dedicated to the King and is the permanent physical symbol of the Royal Crown. The person who possesses the Stone Turtle is the King or Queen of Puakonakai (Banapa/Ocean) Island. This is factual and upheld till our present day and time in the year of 2004-2005.
People who call themselves “Banapa” today, are actually commoners from the island of Puakonakai. Panapa (Banapa) in its true meaning is a Polynesian word. It was used to describe the walls that enclosed their garden and huts. Panapa (its originating spelling), is interpreted to mean “stone wall enclosure”, literally. It was never the name of the island settled by the Cook & Samoan Polynesians that arrived in the 1790’s. The name Banapa came into being in 1900 by the ignorant pronunciation by an Englishman named Ellis. The English referred to the island as Ocean Island on their South Pacific maps as they had no idea what it’s original titles were.
As stated in historical facts and methology, prior to the arrival of the missionaries on the South Pacific scene to explain the evolution of man to the islanders, they had devised their own explanations for various events, weather changes, sea changes/movements, volcanoes, plants flowers, birds and animals. These things became various Gods that performed various deeds or were responsible for various conditions or events that occurred in their daily lives.
In the case of the Cook Islander, Tutuk (Tutaki) and his wife (the Samoan woman he acquired), they explained of how he is the direct decendant of the Sea Turtle (Honu) and she is a direct decendant of a bird (Manu). It was explained that Tutuk (Tutaki) was from a Sea Turtle and his wife was from the Bird (Manu). Thus, they came from the first Polynesian man and woman, which is why they were rightfully the King and Queen. Both the Turtle and the Bird are worshipped as sacred. The Birds were never molested and encouraged to fly freely. The Turtle, however, provided the King, Queen and their children with super natural wisdom and strength. They also provided long life as turtle are known to live long lives. Only the King, Queen and children were allowed to eat the meat of the turtle as a result of this belief. The commoner warriors, Kahunas and Chiefs were forbidden to eat turtles. Likewise, under the King’s rule, birds wer not taken nor eaten. The various Kings, up until the lasts one, all lived to age 90 to 100 years old. |
|
Replies:
|
|
|
|
|
Hey Webmasters! New Photo Album Service Launched - Check it out!
Reply
Forum
bravenet.com