hoavadana bench used in the girls' initiation ceremony

• • bench used in the girls' initiation ceremony
  • • culture

  • • Example 2171:
      

      ... paa tete gunaha mau mepaa tete mau teo hoa vadana, o poa, o poa to dao raara bono hoa vadana to paku riori.

      (and she would) come stepping down and come stepping down on the bench outside the house, a bench, the bench that we call the hoa vadana is what they make.

      Source: Kor 01R 085-086

    • Example 2179:
      

      A mora - paa paku bona mora. A overe paa vaatii vori, ae o matana, ae sii guu to goroho nana toon no hoa vadana.

      A mora (seat of coconuts tied together) - (they) make a mora. Coconut(s) they have put there, and the top of a taro root and a little pig that is lying on top of the bench.

      Source: Kor 01R 089-094

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• See also:
  • mora seat made from four young coconuts tied together. The children are made to sit on them during the vaasipoana ceremony (in which children are blessed so that they become healthy and strong).