cypezokyli
Joined: 20 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:58 am Post subject: the papalagi |
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its a book i am currently reading.
it practically shakes the foundations the western civilization is based upon. more than anyone i have ever read
surprisingly the whole text is online.
concequently i will say no more.
i ll wait for your comments.... or what you liked the most
Quote: Introductio by Erich Scheurmann
The writer called these speeches, The Papalagi, which means, the White Men or the Gentlemen. These speeches by Tuiavii of Tiavea were not delivered as yet, but the essence had been written down in the native language, out of which the first German translation was made.
Tuiavii never intended to have his speeches published for the Western public, nor to have them printed anywhere at all. They were strictly meant for his Polynesian people. Yet I have, without his consent and definitely in disregard of his wishes, taken the liberty to bring these speeches of a Polynesian native to the attention of the Western reader, convinced, that for us white people with our Western civilization it could be very worthwhile to find out how a man who is still closely bound to nature sees us and our culture.
http://gospelofthomas.fol.nl/thepapalagi.html |
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