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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!
[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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Movie 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.
