Tikopia
Tikopia is a small high island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Solomon Islands of Melanesia, but is culturally Polynesian. The first Europeans arrived on 22 April 1606 as part of the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernandes de Queirós.
Location and geography
Covering an area of 5 square kilometers (2 sq. mi.), the island is the remnant of an extinct volcano. Its highest point, Mt. Reani, reaches an elevation of 380 meters (1,247 ft) above sea level. Lake Te Roto covers an old volcanic crater which is 80 metres (260 ft) deep.
Tikopia's location is relatively remote. It is sometimes grouped with the Santa Cruz Islands. Administratively, Tikopia belongs to Temotu Province as the southernmost of the Solomon Islands. Some discussions of Tikopian society include its nearest neighbour, the even tinier island of Anuta.
Its history as a Polynesian outlier
While it is located in Melanesia, the people of Tikopia are culturally Polynesian. Their language, Tikopian, is a member of the Samoic branch of the Polynesian languages. The linguistic analysis indicates that Tikopia was colonized by seafaring Polynesians, mostly from the Ellice Islands (Tuvalu).
Podcasts:
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Dagoba
-
by Digby
Dagoba
by: DagobaWaiting for a perfect breeze to come
For a change, no matter where from
Pushing the clouds away
Bringing better day
For too long, too long, the sky's been gray
A silent motion to a new life
Wind direction's holding me back...
Replacing winter by summertime
We will never change, we know it,
but we could try...
The entire world in a single tear
After the rain the sun reveals what real
Life's crystal clear, remaining
what we've been
Let's get the sun to ignite our skins.
A silent motion to a new life
Wind direction's holding me back...
Replacing winter by summertime
We will never change, we know it,
but we could try...
Replacing winter by summertime
We will never change, we know it,
but we could try...
Let's erase everyting from our past
Just to see it something somehow...
Let's erase everything
Something, somehow, anything...
I don't want us to die...
Replacing winter by summertime
We will never change, we know it,
but we could try...
Replacing winter by summertime
We will never change, we know it,