too-innocent

Updated: June 9, 2025

But there were rumors in the village of a strange dance held by the inhabitants of Nuka-hiva, on another island, in celebration of the harvest of the mei. Weird observances were hinted, rites participated in only by men who danced stark naked, praising the old gods. This was a custom of the old days, said Great Fern, with those too-innocent eyes opened artlessly upon me.

Frederick O'Brien - White Shadows in the South Seas