Tei? Where did your ancestors come from? We believe that Tiki - Tiki, the sun god - took...
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Thor Heyerdahl:
[talking with an old man in Fatu Hiva]
Tei? Where did your ancestors come from?
Tei:
We believe that Tiki - Tiki, the sun god - took us to these islands from the land behind the sea.
Thor Heyerdahl:
[surprised]
From east? "L'est?"
Tei:
Everything comes from the east. Ocean currents, wind and sun. Tiki navigated towards the sun.
Thor Heyerdahl:
[amazed]
Tiki!
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Tei?
Where did your ancestors come from?
We believe that Tiki ...
Tiki, the sun god, -
- Took us to the islands -
- From the land behind the sea.
From east?
"L'est?"
Everything comes from the east.
Ocean currents, wind and sun.
Tiki navigated the sun.
Clip duration: 46 seconds
Views: 197
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Summary: Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
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