Big Samoan Povai Club

VANDOO · 15th November 2011, 07:36 PM

CONGRADULATIONS A VERY NICE CLUB AND A TYPE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH FROM SAMOA.

IT GOT ME INTERESTED TO SEE IF ANY OF THE FIJI CLUBS HAD FOUR SIDES. FERGUS CLUNIE SUGGESTED THE POLE CLUB OR BILLET LIKE FORM ORIGINATED IN TONGA AND IT WAS CALLED POVAI THERE.
THE FORM IS REFERRED TO IN FIJI AS BOWAI BUT I SUSPECT THE PRONUNCIATION IS VERY SIMULAR. IN CLUNIES BOOK NONE OF THE POLE CLUBS FROM FIJI HAD FOUR SIDES BUT WERE ROUND WITH VARIATIONS TO SIZE AND FORM SUCH AS DOMED OR FLAT STRIKING END AND STRAIGHT OR FLARED AT THE GRIP. IT WAS NOTED THAT SOME CLUBS WERE CALLED AFTER THE TYPE OF WOOD USED TO MAKE THEM. THE CLUBS WITH A FLARED HANDLE WERE REFERRED TO AS BOWAI AND THE ONES WITH STRAIGHT HANDLES AS GADI (WHICH IS A TYPE OF WOOD)

15th November 2011, 07:36 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	CONGRADULATIONS A VERY NICE CLUB AND A TYPE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH FROM SAMOA. IT GOT ME INTERESTED TO SEE IF ANY OF THE FIJI CLUBS HAD FOUR SIDES. FERGUS CLUNIE SUGGESTED THE POLE CLUB OR BILLET LIKE FORM ORIGINATED IN TONGA AND IT WAS CALLED POVAI THERE. THE FORM IS REFERRED TO IN FIJI AS BOWAI BUT I SUSPECT THE PRONUNCIATION IS VERY SIMULAR. IN CLUNIES BOOK NONE OF THE POLE CLUBS FROM FIJI HAD FOUR SIDES BUT WERE ROUND WITH VARIATIONS TO SIZE AND FORM SUCH AS DOMED OR FLAT STRIKING END AND STRAIGHT OR FLARED AT THE GRIP. IT WAS NOTED THAT SOME CLUBS WERE CALLED AFTER THE TYPE OF WOOD USED TO MAKE THEM. THE CLUBS WITH A FLARED HANDLE WERE REFERRED TO AS BOWAI AND THE ONES WITH STRAIGHT HANDLES AS GADI (WHICH IS A TYPE OF WOOD)