mihimana

Updated: July 1, 2025

Blue and gold, a cathedral ceiling with sanctuary lamps hung high, the dome of earth sparkled and glittered, and on the schooners by the Cercle Bougainville himenes of joy rang out on the soft air. I passed them close, so close that a girl of Huahine who was dancing on the deck of the Mihimana seized me by the arm and embraced me. "Come back, stranger!" she cried in Tahitian.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.