Photo: Tahiti Torch-Twirling
Photo: Native Tahiti torch-twirlers
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Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Fueled by a Polynesian passion for dance, torch-twirling Tahitians stage a sizzling show at a beachfront resort. Nearly extinguished during the 19th century by disapproving missionaries, Tahitian dancing has been rekindled by a renaissance of native culture—and by tourists' appetite for spectacle.

—From "French Polynesia: Charting a New Course," June 1997, National Geographic magazine
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