Children’s drawings 2008 Tahiti Stamp Issues

M.MARAMA:
In order to illustrate the theme “Youths and sports”, I have drawn a female dancer and a paddler.
Why these two sports?Paddling and dancing are the two sports the young like most and they primarily symbolize the pride of our fenua (country). The tattoos on the paddler’s arms throw into light our cultural identity and allude to our Polynesian roots. These two sports people have deliberately been set in deep sea in order to depict remoteness.

In spite of the distance, we, Polynesians, are fervent sports people. Our paddlers’ names are currently being hailed in Sacramento, and our female dancers are sources of fantasy for quite a lot of men.

M. MARAMA

Manuhiti MARARA, aged 18, is a female student and the winner of the drawing contest run by the Postal Services Department of the Post and Telecommunications Office.

Issue 5 Dec 2008
Price 100 F CFP (0,83 €)
Height 26 mm
Width 36 mm
Sheet 25 units
Polynésian drawing 80000 units
EPJ : 1700 units
Metropolitan drawing 20000 units
EPJ : 1100 units