New Zealand and NZ Samoan Medley: Westlake Girls and Boys Win 2013 Competition

One of the most beautiful things heard this year by a Samoan community leader in Euless Texas, was a performance he said he heard online, in the NZ Choir competition 2013, won by Westlake Girls and Boys in Auckland. The Choir who won with great praise, sang a traditional Samoan composition titled "Mauga Ole Atu Olo", by Ieti MJ Leu’u.

The Westlake Choir won the Platinum Prize at the New Zealand Choral Federation (NZCF) choir festival called "The Big Sing", who are reported to be no strangers to winning the top prize. The Choir performance has also been called a performance which has created a "Cultural Bridge". The young and talented choir is made up of mostly British and Australian NZ, Kiwi palagi, and Asian Pacific students, which makes the performance all the more meaningful to Samoans. The choir this year in 2013 has been given many respects by the local NZ Asia Pacific Samoan community for their performance, and hope that there will be more of this type of art in the future.

Other Aotearoa New Zealand secondary schools were reported to have performed Samoan and Maori songs, schools that included King’s College, Dilworth College, Maclean’s College and Wellington College. 

[-] Youtube "Traditional Samoan Medley Wins NZ Choral Competition"
[-] Youtube "Pasifika Medley - F Voa, M Tuipulotu, arr Josh Clark"

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The World's Largest outside Museum is Polynesian: Rapa Nui and a new generation attempting to solve a mystery

In Eastern Polynesia there sits what's been called "The World's Largest outside Museum" on the island of Rapa Nui, known to some westerners as Easter island. The island nation has been studied for it's Sacred Moa'i statues of Polynesian Ali'i or Ariki with Rapa Nui being a World heritage site with quite a few past expeditions of people trying to solve the mystery of how the Polynesians sculpted the Mega-ton statues, and then remarkably transported them to outer regions.

 

Some expeditions dumb-down theory with recently a new stunt on National Geographic presenting a 5 ton sculptural replica hoping to physically prove that hauling it with a team can easily be done today. However, the average Polynesian Rapa Nui statue on the island is "42 tons" not 5 tons and even the 5 ton replica thats supposed to prove a team can pull or walk it, doesnt look to be its true weight. The largest Polynesian Rapa Nui statue to be moved on the island nation before European navigation even began is 82 tons.

It's quoted from the local Polynesian inhabitants that "the statues walked", with that being a way to say "figure it out yourself and dont miss leg day" or it could be that they're telling the truth in a very vague way.

With the nation's fame for sculpting it has been a defamation target many a time with authors writing condescending works on the islands technology and ethnography, with wild theory of its former fallen economy due to over sculpting? In reality there was never more than 5-10,000 islanders at one time. Up until the 1800's Rapa Nui island had one of the largest top 15 (possible top 7) built statues in Human History. Today though with Asia's mainland economic booms the numbers are much different and mainland Asia has pushed their Mega-sculptural numbers over most of the worlds. Ancient Egyptian Art still remains and will forever be one the greatest places of sculptural accomplishment.

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Struggling Artist or the Richest people: The Greatest Life is an Art Life

Samoan Artist Ione K. Birdman: Bone Carving in progress

of a Manaia (Mythological Guardian of the Moan Ocean)

If you're looking to get rich or be famous or get on the cover of popular magazines then the Finer Arts is not usually the place people tend to strive to be. Money isn't a driving force to the Fine Arts world, if money is your thing then a career in Banking would probably be something of more interest. Fine Art has been known to create platforms for voices, to lead the way intellectually, not just an outlet of expression, but the actual roots of a peoples culture. Artists create that awe-n-power behind almost everything people find beautiful from Architecture to Landscaping to product design. IQ tests are varied in their goals to define the great mind 💢 but the Fine Arts have always been a truer test.

"When someone is an Artist it's been observed that the person can often have everything while having very little. Many Master Artists are so skilled they can usually do a lot more than just art, might have other mathematical skills, able to build computers or program software. Many love to cook which makes daily life a FOUR star experience even if on limited funds"

"As a wife of a Samoan artist or Polynesian American artist things are different from being and American Artist, its a duty by those who are born with the talent. Polynesians are very strong minded about preservation and the artists are the keepers of our culture, the tattooist, the performance dancer, the carvers and jewelers, all and many more are our keepers 👯" 

"I walk through the house and all I see is taste its like living with a person who can just do anything. His studio is like walking through a Government owned Museum. It gets a bit intimidating at times wondering what else he can do if he had more funds. When we were young and with little to call our own there was always the amazing food and he himself was always bright-eyed. He didn't worry about the future, because he could create the future"

There is a long history of financially struggling artists who indeed have had the fullest and richest lives but not always the fullest and richest credit or bank account. 

Listing a few perks of pursuing the Artist inside you

Artistic lives usually involve the privilege of mingling, and possibly the conflict, with other great minds and admired talents. An Art community of competition is one of the first major things an Artist gets pulled into. The US. American Entertainment industry and the Gaming Industry are large and vast areas of business and trade and being an American artist gives a person an option to be a participant.

Community standing comes with being a true Artist. When people think of a region of the world, they first think of the culture. For example when one thinks of Polynesia, they see in their mind, harmony and paradise, Polynesian dances and carvings, tattoos, and great food, a dream vacation spot with the most beautiful landscapes. A Polynesian Artist keeps that vision alive and is a pillar and father to the community.

What does it mean when an Artist is Eccentric

Well the definition of "Eccentricity" falls along the same lines as the definition of "quirkiness". The person usually has very centered behaviors, possibly based on the individual's own culture or heritage. Normally an Eccentric person 'can not' be shaped in the general sense an eccentric artist is the one who does the shaping.

What makes you an Artist?

The ability to create by thought and to skillfully manifest it, expand or enhance a culture, design the future, or illuminate the unseen greatness are often the main purposes of an artist.

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Olevia Ioane Miss Samoa 2011 is a true image of Samoan Beauty

Miss Olevia Ioane being crowned at

Miss Samoa 2011

Miss Samoa 2011 Olevia Ioane was born in February 1987, and is a teacher by trade. She was educated at Samoa College - National University of Samoa making her a true local of the islands.

Miss Olevia Ioane:

"It has always been my dream to participate in this pageant which I believe will give me the opportunity to showcase the great attributes of tama'itai Samoa whereby true Samoan values and dignity play a vital role in the family, church, village, and country as a whole. My first experience in a beauty pageant was in 2008 when I entered and was crowned Miss National University of Samoa, a title which I hold to date"

Miss Samoa was crowned on September of 2011 with enormous applause. During her interview she said she was to work closely with the Ministry of Health for a healthier Samoan people. It is said that Miss Olevia Ioane is one of the most beautiful and strong-willed representatives for Miss Samoa seen on stage, with her features a glowing frame for future Miss Samoan Queens.

Miss Olevia Ione - Miss Samoa 2011, can be seen being crowned

in the online video titled "Samoa Teuila Festival 2011"

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[-] Jasmine Netzler-Iose "Miss Samoa Olevia Ioane" Samoa Observer

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Haka Flash Mobs, making waves across The Moana and worldwide

Coordinated Haka Flash mobs have taken entertainment and cultural expression to the streets with Moana based media circuits unsure of how to cover their activity. Just in September 2011, a public post was streamed on youtube of the Flash Haka Mob at Sylvia Park in Tamaki Makaurau Region [Auckland (Akarana)].

The lively entertaining and educational experience was demonstrated with perfect timing inside an open area of the shopping center. The participants started in play with very few acting out a famous Haka, then while observers gathered around, more Haka crew members who were disguised as spectators joined in. Within a few moments, the square was filled with Haka fans and participants sharing together their national heritage.

The Haka Flash Mobs were also seen in the Auckland Downtown area setting off an amazing performance that pumped up it's Aotearoan citizens. According to the youtube upload, there were a confirmed 100 trained Flash Haka participants stomping a Maori Haka down on Queen St. in an event that made another notch in Aotearoan History.


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Resource: Where to find Pacifica dancing lessons

Polynesian Dancing for women, is an important part of a young girl's discipline, and gives the girl a vision of womanhood for her future. If a personal cultural dance can't be effectively tutored by a parent or relative, then sending the girls to private instructing maybe the best solution.

Without the surrounding close community threads of a traditional Polynesian community, there is rarely an opportunity for a community to celebrate, teach, and support the beauty and excellence of Polynesian women.

Inside the cultural arts, Polynesian women are educated with their peers that provide them with tools for their future, some going on to open their own private studios and cultural practices inside the finer arts.

If there isn't professional instruction close in your area, then find it. At Mele.com there is a resource there that gives a list of Hula instructors in each state, available within the United States.

If you are Samoan, Tongan or Maori American, traditional dancing resources can be found through close family, or by contacting people within professional Polynesian cultural dancing community, such as locations listed in Mele.com .


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The Mana Particle: A Theory of Mana Mechanics in Quantum Nature

A Samoan Symbol for Love
Visual by Artist Ione K. Birdman

In 2011, a Samoan American artist gave several illustrations of Mana Particles at work, bonding together, the attraction of Mana that may or may not underline true love. The theory being that "The Love between people, be made of Mana, and that Mana is a Universal Bond, spanning space and time, shaping the fates of Gods and humanity and the wide range dimension of a Multiverse." It is said that, "There is no such thing in nature as a straight line", however that may not be so in Quantum Nature.

According to the writer Oni Featherman "Quantum Nature is much like our natural ecosystem, but there, it's a world of Neutrinos and high energy Physics that might trans-link with our biology".

A few very Protonic and Neutronic images of phenomena were made by Ione K. Birdman, which again helped illuminate the Quarky Beta process. This Samoan uncertain principle bond of Love [visual to the top left] is supposed to be a very playful view of "Mana Interior plains" and their particle existence within the subatomic landscape. In the Polynesian interpretation, a "symbol" is less simply an image and this Samoan Symbol of Love is "An image of the process of Mana and Love", a multilevel translation. 

In the ancient cultures of the Polynesian Pacific Ocean, MANA was sought after, a force within that connected their energy to the world's energy and to their loved ones. A person of Mana remains to be a person of both an Alpha-physical and Alpha-physiological presence.

Mana Bonding and the Creation of MTri-Core EMLs [above example]

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Interior Plains - Interior view of Mana Particle Interaction
An Interior of interactive Mana energy in the sub-atomic plain; an energetic plain where Mana resides.

Exterior Plains - Visual interpretation of the Mana Plains
Interpretation of Interior Plains from Exterior plains; Outside the Interior plain.

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Mana Interior Plains and the L-Mana Bonding: Mtri-core EMLs and their Hosts

Green Mecha Laboratories, The Ten Ladies Studies for Higher Learning, Weather Botlumus, Dr. Poll, Dr. Fob, Oni Featherman, Ione K. Birdman

In an example of Mana Bonding, we charted to show how the LM [L-Mana] node can attract and bond it's [Uni-Mana Host] UMH1 and UMH2, but in a very limited context, decreasing the amount of LM nodes to show UMH patterns. All indirectly linked Polytarian Hosts converge in sequence and ascend, depending on HEM levels and EM- LM node levels,  and are affected by emissions from the newly created MTri-Core [A bonded created core between UMH1, UMH2, and LM node]. The LM nodes can also link other non-Polytarian Hosts at a distance or indirectly, determined by EM levels within the LMs EO-perimeter. An EO-perimeter has been identified in this study as the EM [Energy Mana] distance of an LM. The U-HME [Uni-Host Mana Energy], which also overtly effects the EM and EO-Perimeter of both the MTri-Core between UMH1 and UMH2, can then trans-link within the EO-perimeter of the LM node in it's Fluorescent state, and can determine the fiber energy strength of EML [Energy Mana link] within the MTri-core, during and after, the Mana Bonding process has been established.

No Mana Tri-Core were harmed in this Non-scientific Research

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Are you a Pacific Islander carver or sculptor ready to join The Polynesian Art Challenge

In 2011, several Polynesian and Pacific Artists led by Ione K. Birdman started several projects online to connect with others in the Arts. Most of the small projects were groups on social media platforms, and some projects evolved into Polynesian History so that Artists could be more informed on the cultural details of their work. "If you're a Polynesian American bone carver or wood carver or sculptor looking to connect with others, and also would like to challenge your skills for some Mana. Join the Facebook social group: The Polynesian ARTS Challenge".

There are quite a few Art competitions out there online but they can cost ridiculous fees just to join in. There can be a fee to join competition, a fee to be a gold member, a fee to use the website to attract buyers, a fee for space to place your art on display, and then possibly a fee should you actually sell something. Administrators have said if the group does succeed in enough members, further organization may result in a website, a place to present profiles and Polynesian Artwork. 

"This is a very simple social group, it's not in it for the fees, sculptors there just want to feed off each others ideas and techniques, and of course meet and greet you into the Polynesian art community"

An easy way to join the social group of artists is to find Ione K. Birdman or another administrator on Facebook and add him or her as a friend, then message about the activity of the group.

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"The Polynesian Arts Challenge" Facebook Social Groups - This group was started in 2011 and may or may not still be active today - Admins. Ione K. Birdman, Oni Featherman, Ian D. Philips

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Fine Art students are looking for skilled Moana Fine Art mentors

In the mainland Fine Arts world, Polynesian Art students often find themselves looking for 'particular' elements to work with at one point or another. Their culture might be sought out with extreme hunger.

Advisement on where to acquire these cultural elements that are of particular value, can be at first sought out in the wrong places. When an average Joe asks where to seek further education, it’s readily advised from teachers to simply speak with a school counselor or a school adviser. 

That might be a helpful thing with discovering wants and needs, but it could be a directional catastrophe when a Polynesian Art student is looking for more serious studies.

"It’s very likely that someone outside the Polynesian community knows nothing or very little at all about the real Pacific culture, and can usually only speculate. It's like trying to learn Japanese language from Russia, or Karate from Canada, or cooking from London, it's just never quite right."

Things that Might Help
1. Find Mentors in some way connected to the Island Art scene or in traditional practice with Cultural Arts. Schools are a great way to meet upcoming Artists, but finding a Mentor will help in keeping your art correct, in other words, you don't want to make a cultural piece and call it a devil, when maybe in Mythology or Theology it was really a guardian. Or maybe something you think is from one island, might really originate from another. A single finger out of place in some cases, might mean you have no idea what you just made.

2. Join Social Polynesian groups online, participate first by taking part in discussion and creating topics that feed more inquiry. If the social group is on Facebook, read through the board posts. Some social groups have calendar events. Finding out the real Polynesian groups from the fake ones, is just part of the process. Groups come and go, its possible to snag some contacts who might be looking just like you.

3. Finding Blogs or Websites from artists that help give resources and insight to community. Fine Artists may use Facebook profile as a mini blog, giving updates by posting events, so befriend fine artists on social networks.

Tips for the New Artists
Be open minded to responses when asking “Nice to meet you, I’m a student of the arts, are you taking on, or willing to take on students at this time?“. Having a Mentor is so very valuable and special when learning things like Polynesian Bone carving and particular sculpture methods. The Polynesian Samoan Tatau designs is one Skin-art that indeed must be supervised when in practice.

Who knows what could happen after your efforts, another legend artist in the making, contributing to community. Even if you don’t get private mentoring you will be better prepared by the research, the community effort, and the possible new art friends along the way. Being apart of the Arts is almost like a second life, a lifestyle and mind-set that only others in the Arts community understand.

Photo by Oni Featherman
Polynesian Bone Carving by Ione K. Birdman


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