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Horses have been part of Polynesian life for long. They used to be employed to carry people (on bare-back most of the time) and goods (on back or harnessed to carts). It is not quite clear who actually introduced them in the archipelagos; but it nevertheless seems that the Marquesas Islands were the first to have small equidae, which slowly muted into a particular species, which today’s riders like very much. Carts changed also and at the beginning of the 20th Century, it was the light and elegant “Tilbury” convertible model - very convenient for tracks in the bush, that was fashionable in Tahiti. It was imported at great expense from San Francisco. There were many blacksmiths whose work encompassed more than just horse shoeing.
Some very rare vehicles appeared before World War I, including the “De Dion Bouton” from the famous priest Rougier. As Polynesians were particularly skilful, the vans soon were transformed, according to the needs, into public transport vehicles under the name of “truck” or goods transport vehicles or even advertising vehicles or food vans.
It has been some years now since this original means of transport, which contributed to enhance the image of the country, almost disappeared. It has been replaced by huge buses, which required the narrow road to be widened in various parts of the island.
C. Beslu
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