#mekemeke

[fijiantransplant]

“The Roko (Roko Tui Macuata) was away but his wife, Makarita, received and entertained me right royally, giving me the largest of the Roko’s three fine houses to stay in, feeding me on fowls, pork, and the best of river crayfish during the whole of my three-day stay, and organizing various mekemekes for my entertainment. Makarita’s marriage, which took place only a year or two ago, was quite a pretty little romance. The Roko is neither young nor lovely, but he is a prince, and therefore should, by rights, have married into some branch of the Thakombau family – the descents of King Thakonbau, last monarch of Fiji, under whom the 1874 cession of Fiji to Britain took place.

Indeed, a suitable lady had been selected, and the Roko was thinking it over, when he happened to meet Makarita, a girl of good but non-royal family, and a great beauty, after Fijian fashion. He fell in love with her at first sight, and shortly married her, against the wishes of all the Fijian “smart set” and the open remonstrances of his own district. The marriage has provoked a happy one, and the “beggar-maid” fills her position as King Cophetua’s partner with dignity and grace.

I photographed her in three costumes – meke meke dress, with mats and arrowroot fibre kilts wrapped around her into something very like a crinoline, and coconut oil all over her body; ordinary day costume of brown cashmere (and very good cashmere at that); and “best dress” composed of a pink satin pini or tunic, sulu of white brocaded silk, gold locket set with pearls, and a long gold chain. Shoes and stockings, of course, she never wore, and her thick stiff hair was trained upright, clipped and neatly bevelled off at the edges in native fashion."

[P123-125, From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands by Beatrice Grimshaw, 1907] #ourhistory #ourheritage #fashion

[shitonionsays]

Baby SONEs please thank MekeMeke.All those free studio re-mastered live performances were done by them volunteering their skills. @meke_sound1Even the HQ radio performances remastered from a 240p video source in wmv format. Released full at least 10 double-albums worth.

https://twitter.com/oniontaker/status/1323591392728248320

[spielsified]

Into The New World (다시 만난 세계) (1st Fan Meeting Piano Version) | DL

CR: MEKEMEKE Live Remastering Album Vol. 9