CEREMONIAL USE OF COOK ISLANDS TIVAIVAI
Header Image source: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/for-educators/teaching-resources/cook-islands-language-week-resource Tivaivai are valuable in ritual exchanges which mark family ‘life’ events, and other gifting events which draw people together through family and social networks. Tivaivai mark and recall these events through their patterns and convey ideas about place, culture and history. Tivaivai are steeped with social and cultural importance. Part of […]
