This content contains scenes that may shock an uninformed audience.
Do you still want to watch it?
Mokorea (aparima)
« Mokorea » was created by Makau Foster Delcuvellerie for the 2004 Heiva i Tahiti. It is based on a legend from the atoll of Makemo in the Tuamotu archipelago.
« Mokorea » was created by Makau Foster Delcuvellerie for the 2004 Heiva i Tahiti. It is based on a legend from the atoll of Makemo in the Tuamotu archipelago.
Long ago, inhabitants would live off fishing and coconuts. On the distant islet of Vainitika in Makemo, several men worked in a coconut tree plantation. At the end of the season, the men would canoe back to the village of Te Ava to sell the product of their work. One of the men would stand guard on the islet and keep it tidy. Once left alone on the island, he hears someone crying. Very surprised he calls out but he gets no answer. He then hears the sound of footsteps and sees a shadow beginning to run in the plantation. He runs in pursuit. It’s a woman. He follows her to a waterhole in the coral reef. She dives in it to never reappear…
Source : Marc E. Louvat
