Tane Tuesday: Mevina Liufau of Nonosina & Tavake Rereata

The man. The myth. The Legend. Mevina Liufau has single handedly changed the way America has experienced the Tahitian Culture. Mevina comes from the Legendary Liufau/Nonosina family. Raised in Anaheim California. Danced 99.9% of his life. Trained with O Tahiti E in their Heiva 1998. Won numerous awards for his family dance group, Nonosina. The list goes on, literally. The entire Blog could be all of his accomplishments. 

Mevina has always been a kind and caring brother, son, dad and friend. He thrives at trying to please all while teaching and sharing his love for the Tahitian Culture. He loves his Samoan heritage as well. Definitely coming from such an amazing family, a family that has also been deeply rooted in the Polynesian Cultures. 

Mevina, however, took a very big liking to the Tahitian Culture. And did a VERY good job at sharing it with the world. Especially with the American Continent. His style was different, his interpretation of the Tahitian language was different. He maintained the roots of the Culture and added his own flare. His flare won multiple awards through out his time with Nonosina.

Nonosina was a family group that usually averaged 200 to 600 students. Maybe even in the thousands. That is how great they were with sharing the Tahitian culture. Also with their Samoan culture flawlessly integrated into their classes. Nonosina continues to share their knowledge today, even with the new change and shift for Mevina. However, we will be featuring Nonosina in another Blog for you all to enjoy. 

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Amongst loving the Tahitian culture, Mevina had a love for the People of Japan. He felt it his mission to continue his family legacy in Japan. He, and his beautiful family, relocated to Japan to build, yet again, another empire of dancers. He named his own group, Tavake Rereata. Mevina, along with his beautiful and talented wife Napua, created a very well known group in Japan. They have classes and shows regularly in Japan. 

We have high hopes to one day work with  Tavake Rereata and their fun Leaders. For now, we sit back and enjoy their show creations and their rehearsals. 

Enjoy this wonderful video of Tavake Rereata at the Ori Tahiti Nui Competition run by our friend, Tumata Robinson. Thank you to Mevina to always sharing your love for the Tahitian Culture. You have done so much and accomplished a lot. We wish you all the success in your continued journey. Mauruuru Roa!! 

Photos & Videos: Nonosina. Mevina Liufau. Ori Tahiti Nui. San Jose Tahiti Fete.