FAIVA LOVA‘A‘ALO: PERFORMANCE ART OF ROWING

Authors

Pā‘utu-‘O-Vava‘u-Lahi, Adriana Māhanga Lear, University of Wollongong
Maui-TāVā-He-Akó, Tēvita O. Ka‘ili, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i
Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino Māhina, Vava‘u Academy for Critical Inquiry and Applied Research

Abstract

As authors, we critique the performance art of faiva lova‘a‘alo rowing, which lies in proximity to the performance arts of faiva lovavaka boat-racing, faiva kakau swimming, faiva uku diving, and faiva fānifo surfing, specifically, and faiva faifolau voyaging, faiva toutaivaka navigation, and faiva toutaiika deep-sea fishing and shallow-sea fishing, generally. The latter two, viz., deep-sea fishing and shallow-sea fishing, are known as faiva toutailoloto and faiva toutaimamaha, respectively. All the faiva faifolau, faiva toutaiika, faiva toutailoloto, and faiva toutaimamaha belong in the ha‘a toutai professional class of long-distance navigators and both deep-sea and shallow-sea fishermen. The performance art of rowing, like the performance arts of boat-racing, swimming, diving, surfing, voyaging, navigation, and fishing, is concerned with the elements, notably, the waves and winds mediated by means of body, boat, and surfboard through connection and separation, i.e., intersection.

Recommended Citation

Lear, Pā‘utu-‘O-Vava‘u-Lahi, Adriana Māhanga; Ka‘ili, Maui-TāVā-He-Akó, Tēvita O.; and Māhina, Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino (2021) "FAIVA LOVA‘A‘ALO: PERFORMANCE ART OF ROWING," Pacific Studies Journal: Vol. 44: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol44/iss1/10