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The World’s Edges: Rapa Island’s Lesson on Happiness, Culture, and Protection (Ep. 10)

In this episode, we talk about what you find when you travel to the edges of the map—places where community comes first and the visitor has to adapt to the destination, not the other way around. Normand is on Rapa in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia with Roti M, and Far and Away Adventures.com (https://farandawayadventures.com) sponsors this conversation about culture, identity, and careful tourism.Rapa’s population is roughly 500, and life remains deeply communal. We explore how dance, drumming, and singing are woven into everyday life and how children learn these traditions as part…

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