Tivaevae

The last few weeks we have been learning about tivaevae. it is a cook island story.I have been learning that cook islanders are making tivaevae's for wedding,Birthdays and other special occasion


3 types of tivaevae
-Tivaevae manu
-Tivaevae tataura
-Tivaevae ta’orei
The idea of making these
Bedspreads were introduced to the cook island in the early nineteens in century by french nuns
from tahiti cook island made their own
What tivaevae means
Tivai means to sew or patch the spelling tivaivai has carried on for many years to
 island to island in new zealand it is pronounced tivaevae
Making a easy tivaevae
-small pieces of colored material

-threading the metariel

-sewing them altogether
What are they doing well making these

-singing
-dancing

-playing music
-playing instruments
Art pasifika form

Other island french polynesia and hawaii is pronounced tifaifai and it is different to other
island that sounds it like that.