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Show Old Polynesian Arts Revived in Welcome to War Veterans p PKF1TF. Tr.hiti. Au.-r. i tV.e Associaunl Press.) Oa l'olytiosian customs cus-toms and arts of sons :iml d:nee. !.;til forpotton bv ihe natives in their swmc tow artl i:uroiie;tn lmisIoius. wt-re revived dttrinir tho reat fostivnl whtvh mrtnc the pat few weeks weh-oined homo la.ii-tinn la.ii-tinn veteran of the great war. Maran, formerly queen, eame from srmiretirement: and .cave a piit :res.n;e feast of royal proportions in the old kind's paiace. The otea, or dancimr mrnpany. presenting present-ing evolutions not unliKo ti-.e Hawaiian hula -hula, w as seen a:: am and the hi-mene. hi-mene. said hv musi-'a I experts to he unique !n all the worM. wa.s stinc. In the h.imene. hiteiv ahandoned for hyrr.ns and Kuroptan soitcs taught by missica-aries, missica-aries, short phrases of i:re:it or c : ;:a r.ty and often of preaL hoaut- are woven together to-gether in four or five p-rts without u;s- i sonanoe. Son.e liken !t to Wagnerian j choruses. On-1 eoiorf ul feature of the celebration i was the lantern parade, when yount? and old. carrying tore;es. danced through t!:c I hitrhii..-s and byways of the town. The j S'luare. lighted all about with paper lan- terns, wliile fiower-cro'ned women promenaded prom-enaded with husbands or sweethearts. : presented a romantio pirture of old Tafrti. ; W'l.eu th.e Vattaiion of Tah'.t'.an so1..;;er. i arrived tl'.ev were greeted by cri-at crowds of biuiiiantly attired natives rrowdms piers and bea.-h. They ina relied fl'.rouch triumpl'.al arches of palms and after be-ir. be-ir. o :'!";- ially welcomed by Gvverr.or j Joee'.vn Ilobert were taken o"er by the i crow ils. ! T)v lest ival continued more than two jwtehs. ('"iher settlements of the isiaral )iav; irade preparations' for ot-".cr celcora-I celcora-I tior.s to follow. |