Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia

Download or read book Navigators Quest for a Kingdom in Polynesia written by Ariu Levi and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of tracing the Polynesian Navigators or Samoan and Manu'an migration from Southeast Asia across the East Pacific Ocean. The author is an Orator Chief and custodian of the Island Nation's culture and history weaves the story by coalescing scientific evidence from numerous studies by social and physical scientists regarding the Polynesian Navigators migration. It traversed through comparative Mythology and cultural norms and religious rituals and history of the societies and ethnicities the Polynesian migration path sojourn. Cultural development, family and community organization structure and leadership and management are noted and analyzed. Environmental conditions and major natural distribution impacting the geographical areas and thus impacts the migration routes of the Polynesian migration. Population density causing competition in food crops and homesteading in the Asiatic Archipelago induced migration movement in and out of the Malay and Indonesia archipelagos. Polynesian language origin and development an area of misclassification is argued cleverly and convincingly by the Orator author. The relationship between the Polynesian language vis-a-vis Austronesian and many other languages are review and analyze to confirm its identity and time period. Looking at the genome sequencing to determine the kinship of the Polynesian Navigators to other Mainland and Southeast Asia populations. Drawing parallels on cultures diffusion, culture development, tools and weapons design and construction evidence the level of technologically advanced society. Navigational skills and understanding of the celestial bodies and their daily, seasonal and cyclical movements allow the Navigators to orally transmit to future generations. The sociology and psychology of the Polynesian Navigators migration is well discussed in the storyline throughout the book. The parallel of the Navigators migration from many other tribal, family and individual migration across the globe driven by the same reasons and motivations. The attitude of the indigenous population is relatively the same. That is not always open arms and welcoming. In the end, culture identity, family identity and individual freedom and identity are developed, honed and reaffirmed on the daily basis to ensure maintenance and sustainability.