WELCOME TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Rerevaka na kalou ka doka na Tui (Fear God and honour the Queen).
ABOUT PACIFIC ISLANDS
In the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Islands make up an island chain. Traditionally, it excludes the island continent of Australia, the Asia-related Indonesian and Philippine archipelagos, and the Ryukyu, Bonin and Volcano island arcs that expand seaward from Japan. It encompasses three ethnogeographic groups: Micronesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. In addition, the word excludes the Aleutian chain and other remote Pacific islands, such as the Juan Fernández group off the South American coast. Although all of the aforementioned are included in the more encompassing word "Oceanica," which has a broader meaning, the term is used loosely in this article to refer to the Pacific Islands described above. Nearly 9/10 of the region's land area is occupied by the Pacific Islands (New Zealand and the island of Papua Pacific Islands) and many millions of square miles are covered in water. Some of the countries in the region are part of non-Pacific Island countries, while others are independent or related governments.
People of Pacific Islands, the Bismarck Archipelagic group of islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), New Caledonia, and Fiji make up the Melanesia region (from the Greek words for Black and island) because of the majority of its population being dark skinned.
The islands of Micronesia, located north of the Equator and east of the Philippines, create an arc that stretches from Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands in the west to Nauru, the Marshall Islands, and Kiribati.
LANDSCAPE
Polynesia's many 'poly' islands may be found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, surrounded by the Hawaiian Islands to the north, New Zealand to the south, and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) to the east. Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Tokelau, Samoa (the former Western Samoa), American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, the Cook Islands, and French Polynesia make up the rest of this wide-ranging collection (including the Society, Tuamotu, and Marquesas islands).
There are two primary physiographic zones of Pacific Islands: continental and oceanic, which are separated by the equator from northwest to southeast. Deep ocean tunnels run from Japan, the Marianas Islands, Pacific Islands and Solomon Islands to Fiji and New Zealand along the eastern limits of the Andesite Line. Between the central and eastern Pacific's basaltic volcanoes and the western Pacific margin's metamorphosed rocks, silt, and andesitic volcanic material lie the line's islands.
So what are you waiting for, tidy up the suitcase and come explore the Pacific Islands.
CULTURE
Polynesians, Melanesians, and Micronesians make up the majority of the Pacific Islander population. Hawaii, the Easter Islands, and New Zealand form a triangle in Polynesia, which consists of many groupings of islands New Caledonia, Fiji, Papua Pacific Islands and New Caledonia are part of Melanesia. Guam, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands are among the eight micronations that make up Micronesia.
In the Pacific Islands, families labor together in a tight-knit society in which everyone knows everyone else. Educators and business leaders in the United States sometimes have trouble adjusting to the high levels of competition and rigor in today's education and business environments. They believe that having a morally and ethically upright life is the best way to live in the Pacific Islands.
Musical, dance, and cuisine traditions are strongly ingrained in Polynesian life. Music, dancing, and storytelling have been used for millennia as means of transmitting knowledge from one generation to the next. The mix of written and spoken education, particularly in the area of literacy, may be appropriate for instructors of Pacific Islander pupils..
HOUSE
Most residents in Vanuatu's two main cities, Port-Vila and Luganville, live in structures constructed in the same manner as those seen in New York, Paris, Sydney, and other major cities across the world. Traditional building methods are still widely used in many parts of Vanuatu, where the vast majority of the population still lives in tiny communities. Hurricane Florence, which pounded North and South Carolina with high winds and heavy rain, may be a good opportunity to discuss the benefits of these strategies and the lessons they may teach other locations that are increasingly vulnerable to severe tropical weather.
Most contemporary towns and cities have two fundamental variations from the construction methods employed in traditional Vanuatu and South Pacific communities. To begin, most modern houses are constructed as a single unit, with rooms designated for various functions such as sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing, and unwinding all within the same structure. In Vanuatu's communities, on the other hand, most people build separate structures for different aspects of their daily life. The sleeping chambers are kept cool and vermin-free by having a separate kitchen erected at a distance, which serves as a buffer. To preserve solitude, the village's bathrooms and lavatories are positioned in the most remote areas. Many of these houses are small and tight by contemporary standards due to the fact that inhabitants spend much of their time outdoors, whether working in gardens, engaging in traditional kastom activities, or relaxing under the shade of a coconut tree.
ANIMALS
The fauna of pacific Island comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates, and amphibians.
All islands have one thing in common: they are cut off from the rest of the world. Species of animals and plants that are distinct from those found on the mainland can thrive in this unique ecosystem. Islands are vulnerable to the combined risks of invasive species, habitat loss, and the cascading effects of climate change.
Despite making up a small percentage of the planet's surface area, islands are particularly vulnerable to the loss of biodiversity. Acacia, Alula, Cabbage on a Stick, Bali Myna, bamboo, Bat, Beetle, Bird's-nest Fern, Butterfly, Moth, and Skipper are some of the creatures.
ABOUT ISLAND
Bismarck Archipelago archeological evidence suggests prehistory of the Pacific Islands dating back 33,000 years or more; migration to the region may have begun more than 40,000 years ago. By the 2nd millennium CE, settlers had reached every habitable island. Various cultural and economic changes have taken place since Europeans first arrived in the early 16th century; some of these changes were brought about by passing explorers, others by more permanent visitors such as castaways and beachcombers. A large influx of immigrants, labourers from other nations (especially India and China), and European administrators arrived in the late 19th centuries. Even though European governments, with the notable exception of France, have entirely withdrawn from the region, missionaries and immigrants still make up a large portion of the population on the islands..
The majority of historical materials for the region come from European sources, which means that they may not adequately describe civilizations distinct from their own. The oral traditions of the people of Pacific Island can be used to some extent to repair this distortion, but these sources may reflect the past erroneously because they serve modern objectives; they do not record the history for its own sake. However, the region's variety is the fundamental historiographic issue. More than 10,000 islands, a vast range of civilizations, and hundreds of mutually incomprehensible languages make it impossible to generalize the region. Contact between islands has never been simple due to the distances involved. Furthermore, the islands' physical surroundings are isolated and diverse. There are many different landscapes, temperatures, and soil types on the huge continental islands of Melanesia, which has led to social isolation. The smaller volcanic high islands are more homogeneous and may support a higher level of life than the rest of the island chain.
A society's form was not determined by the physical environment but was limited by it. It's no surprise that Melanesians live in vastly different cultures from their coastal counterparts, especially in their islands' more remote valleys and mountains. Many tiny groups of people, each distinct from the others in language and tradition, developed throughout Melanesia. Families and communities spent much of their time acquiring food and other essentials. Thus there was no political or social structure.
Social and political unity prevailed on Polynesia's high volcanic islands. Enormous social, religious, and political rituals developed because of their fecundity. Despite the apparent differences in geography and culture, early European travellers to the Pacific Islands discovered a surprising similarity: each society was founded on the idea of reciprocity. Small or big, with revered chiefs or leaders who were looked up to and treated with awe, every gift and service had to be repaid in any community whose leadership was based on influence rather than inherited position.
Many of the beauty that Pacific Islands has to offer
Advice from the Ocean: Be sure of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life's beauty. Don't get so tied down on work that you miss out on life's beautiful waves.
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Beauty of the sea
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