Océanie
Vahine, the legend is alive !
Beyond the erotic utopy attached to the vahine by cinema and literature,the myth of the beautiful polynesian women is still a reality ! It takes place nowadays in the many dance schools of Tahiti, during weddings, around the podiums of Beauty elections, but also on the beaches of Moorea or by the trails of the far islands. Here are the new vahines of Tahiti !
Photos and text by Olivier Goujon/LightMediation
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Australia – The Explorers’ Way
The mythical Stuart Highway crosses Australia from north to south for more than 3000 kilometers. Built over the steps of the 19th century explorers, this lengthy asphalt ribbon symbolically retraces the epic story of the conquest of the country-continent.
Photos and text by Marc Dozier/LightMediation
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Poe Rava : the Black Tahitian Pearl.
The black pearl, which has now been cultured for 30 years in the lagoons of the Tuamotu and Gambiers archipelagos, has enabled to stop the depopulation of the isolated atolls in French Polynesia.Nowadays, pearl production is the primary source of exportation in Tahiti.
Photos by Tim McKenna/LightMediation Text by Guillaume Dufau
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The feathered men’s waltz
Every year, the Highlands tribes of Papua New Guinea fight peacefully in great tribal « jousts » where each one tries to outdo in beauty the other with their feathered costumes. A secular art still alive in spite of the growing influence of the modern world.
Photos and text by Marc Dozier/LightMediation
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Bungle Bungle, la « perle secrète » des Kimberleys
L’Australie est décidément un pays incroyable ! Jusqu’en 1983, malgré la taille conséquente du site (750 km2 tout de même), seuls les aborigènes de la région et quelques éleveurs locaux connaissaient cette merveille géologique.
Un reportage de Jean Robert / LightMediation
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Painted warriors.
Around 50,000 Papuans, descend on Goroka, a small town in the highlands,of Papua New Guinea, their bodies painted in oil and pig grease, they come in their colorful traditional dress, with face and body paint, feathers, shells and masks. They bring together knowledge passed on through their rich heritages and celebrate with dance, music and costume.The town of Goroka host’s this cultural show’ which is called a sing sing, an annual event, held each September.The sing sing is an intense display of the rich and vibrant cultures. The cultural show can attract up to 140,000 people, including 40,000 painted warriors dancing to the rhythmic thud of the Kundu drums.
A Photo story by ©Donna Todd/LightMediation
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Darwin: welcome to the « crocs » country !
Landing in Darwin, at the very north end of Australia, it is finding oneself plunged in the « Crocodile Dundee » movie universe. With a size of six meters long for a weight of one ton, the sea crocodile (crocodylus porosus) is indisputably one of the most dangerous animals in the world. This saurian has been exterminated in most of the countries. In contrary, in the Top End, the « salties », as they are affectionately called here, make part of the natural patrimony. They are protected and have even become stars ! Welcome to the « crocs » country ! ©Jean Robert
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Looking for Laperouse
On March 15th, 1788, after two and a half years of navigation through many oceans, the expedition led by Jean-François Galaup, count of Lapérouse ended in a violent storm below the cliffs of the island of Vanikoro in the Solomon archipelago. In April, 2005, the biggest expedition ever organized to look for Lapérouse since Dumont Durville in 1827, landed on the island of Vanikoro. In the same spirit as the century of enlightenment, Vanikoro 2005 was a multidisciplinary expedition of scientists embarked aboard Jacques Cartier, a French naval vessel. 
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- Autor ©Teddy Seguin / Lirbrearbitre / Lightmediation
- Date Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:42:30 +0200
