Polynesian through and through although today the islands have a real
French feel to them. Still those powerful elements of Polynesian culture are
visible in all aspects of life. Probably one of the most powerful is Mana.
Mana is a mythical and essential concept, a fundamental truth. Mana is
purity (ma); it arises from the life, humility, respect, dignity, love, sharing,
beauty, goodness and peace of the beings and things that merge
harmoniously in the Tahitians ma’ohi universe. Mana is also wisdom
(na/na’a); it emanates from the empirical, technical and ancestral
knowledge and from the common sense that rises up from the inalienable
link between man and his environment.