PACIFIC ISLANDSICourtesy of

MRS. NOIME A. MARCERA

AUSTRONESIAN

POLYNESIA

POLYNESIA

POLY – marami

NESIA – isla

New Zealand Easter Island Hawaii Tuvalu Wallis and Fortuna Tonga Tokelau

Samoa American Samoa Niue Cook Islands French Polynesia Austral Islands Society Islands

TuamotuMarquesasPitcair

TOHUA

Sentro ng pamayanan.Kadalasang nasa gilid ng bundok

Tanghalan ng mga ritwal at pagpupulong

Nakapaligid dito ang tirahan ng mga pari at mga banal na estruktura.

MANA

banal na kapangyarihan

“bisa o lakas”Maaaring nasa gusali, bato, Bangka at iba pang bagay

BATAS UPANG DI MAWALA ANG MANA

1. Bawal pumasok sa isang banal na lugar ang pangkaraniwang tao.

2. Ang mga babae sa Marquesas ay hindi maaaring sumakay sa bangka sapagkat malalapastangan niya ang Bangka na may angking mana

3. Ang mga lalaking makikipaglaban ay dapat nakabuklod bawal silang makihalubilo sa mga babae at pili ang pagkain.

TAPU

Pagbabawal o probisyon

KAMATAYAN ang pinakamabigat na parusang igagawad sa matinding paglabag sa tapu.

MICRONESIA

MICRONESIA

Hilaga ng Melanesia at silangan ng Asya

ATOLL

is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or

completely

Micronesian region has 5 countries and 3 Territories in total as under:

Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Nauru Palau Guam (USA) Northern Mariana Islands (USA) Wake Island, Flag of the United States (USA)

ANG MGA PAMAYANAN DITO AY MATATAGPUAN MALAPIT SA MGA LAWA AT DAGAT-DAGATAN

ANIMISMO

Paniniwalang ang mga bagay sa kalikasan ay may espiritu

STONE MONEY / RAI MONEY

Rai, or stone money, are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals. Rai stones were mined in Palau and transported for use to the island of Yap, Micronesia. They have been used in trade by the locals and are described by some observers as a form of currency.

Presentation of Yapese stone money for FSM (Federated States of Micronesia) inauguration.

Rai stone on display at the Currency Museum in Ottawa.

The extrinsic (perceived) value of a specific stone is based not only on its size and craftsmanship but also on the history of the stone. If many people—or no one at all—died when the specific stone was transported, or a famous sailor brought it in, the value of the rai stone increases.

Rai stones were and still are used in rare, important social transactions such as marriage, inheritance, political deals, sign of an alliance, ransom of the battle dead or, rarely, in exchange for food.

IBA PANG MAARING IPAMALIT

(MATATAAS NA PULO) turmeric

( MABABANG PULO) Shellbead, banig na yari sa

dahon ng pandan, at magagaspang na tela na galing sa saging at gumamela

MELANESIA

Hilaga at silangang baybayin ng Australia

New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu New Caledonia Fiji Islands

MELANESIAN PEOPLE

MICRONESIA PEOPLE

POLYNESIAN PEOPLE

ACTIVITY

Mga Isla kahulugan Mga Pulo Relihiyon Paniniwala / kultura

1. POLYNESIA

2. MICRONESIA

3. MELANESIA