If it's July, it's Heiva Festival month in Tahiti, a stunning celebration of ancient Polynesian culture, song, dance and sports known as the Polynesian Olympics. Over 140 years old, it originated in ...

In Tahiti, the island's largest festival, 'Heiva i Tahiti' (hereinafter referred to as 'Heiva'), is held every July. It is a celebration that Tahiti embraces to honor and pass down Polynesian ...

En coulisses, 120 danseurs et musiciens vêtus de somptueuses tenues végétales poussent un grand cri pour évacuer la pression, avant d'entrer en scène sur le front de mer de Papeete, devant 4.000 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Here beside the lagoon there's a silence to Tahiti that reflects exactly where it is I am. For this ...

Next year, Tahiti will be home to the surfing competition of the Paris Olympics, almost 10,000 miles away from France. But the region has its own annual games, known as the Heiva. Toakura, the ...

When European sailors first arrived in Tahiti in the late 18th century, they were gobsmacked by the extravagant displays of song and dance. But the British missionaries that followed didn’t approve ...

Après Cannes, Monaco, Nice, Marseille, le Casino de Paris, la troupe Heiva i Tahiti fera halte à Bessèges. La Commission Culture et Fêtes vous invite toutes et tous à venir le vendredi 5 août à 21h30, ...

A 31 ans, Rainui Atapo ne danse que depuis cinq ans. Mais ce soir, il va diriger un clan pour illustrer une légende de l'île de Rurutu : "on va faire un fata, c'est un peu comme un haka marquisien, ...