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Sine qua non
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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Maurice Leenhardt wrote some important cultural anthropological works dealing with New Caledonia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Leenhardt
Particularly, Do Kamo: Person and Myth in the Melanesian World |
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Geckoman
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: New Caledonia is a Part of France! |
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New Caledonia is not an independent nation but is a part of France. It is one of France's territories, like the island of Tahiti. Like the people of Tahiti, the people of New Caledonia are French citizens. So when your in New Caledonia, just like when your in Tahiti, you are on French soil.
"New Caledonia remains an integral part of the French Republic. Inhabitants of New Caledonia are French citizens and carry French passports. They take part in the legislative and presidential French elections. New Caledonia sends two representatives to the French National Assembly and one senator to the French Senate. The representative of the French central state in New Caledonia is the High Commissioner of the Republic (Haut-Commissaire de la R�publique, locally known as "haussaire"), who is the head of civil services, and who seats in the government of the territory."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_New_Caledonia
Maybe that is why we do not hear about New Caledonia that much. As by being a part of France, it is not an independent nation and so would not have the level of international recognition or international participation that an independent nation tends to have.
My parents have visited New Caledonia before. They liked it. Being that the people of New Caledonia speak French, and not English, there may be ESL teaching opportunities there.
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: New Caledonia is a Part of France! |
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| Geckoman wrote: |
Being that the people of New Caledonia speak French, and not English, there may be ESL teaching opportunities there.
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Nice thought...French Polynesia as well! Papeete would be nice! |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Do they have much of a tourist industry that caters towards New Zealanders or Aussies? |
I remember there being quite a few ads on NZ tv for New Caledonia that traded on the unique mix of Melansian and French culture.
The reason that's it's probably not that well known is that compared to other places in the South Pacific it's quite expensive to go there on holiday compared to Fiji or Rarotonga and even compared to Tahiti.
That's what I heard anyway.
I've been meaning to go their for a while and might just do that after my current stint in the SK is up. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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From Wikitravel:
New Caledonia is very expensive, since much of the food needs to be imported. There is no culture of bargaining either and attempting such might cause offence
However, it also mentions that accomodation isn't too badly priced. |
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shifter2009
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| skinhead wrote: |
| Where's the Love for Kamtchatka thread? |
Kamtchatka is more well know due to its awesomeness in the game of Risk. It and Yaktusk rock the Asia's world. |
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Geckoman
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: Re: New Caledonia is a Part of France! |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Geckoman wrote: |
Being that the people of New Caledonia speak French, and not English, there may be ESL teaching opportunities there.
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Nice thought...French Polynesia as well! Papeete would be nice! |
Too bad Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, etc.) are American and so already know English. So not much ESL opportunities.
But it's a good thing that they already know English, as we can get regular jobs there, like what we were doing in our home countries before we came to teach English in Korea.
There is an ESL industry in those two US territories of students from Asia traveling there to learn English. But it's small and not as large as it could be, but it's definitely growing. Being that they are America and are so close to this part of the world, their respective ESL industries will definitely increase a lot. Just takes a little time.
But if you really like teaching, you can always teach in their respective public school systems, or at some private school. And also just applying to Guam, being that they got a lot of military bases, you can teach in the Department of Defense (DOD) school system.
I do know that the public schools always have a shortage of teachers, and
the DOD schools as well, and the shortage is great enough that they go elsewhere to recruit teachers. So that's an opportunity.
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definitely maybe
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| i went to a bar in tokyo a few years ago around roppongi that had a bunch of new caledonian waitresses. really attractive girls. it seemed like we were doing quite well, until my buddy delivered a deal-breaker of a line: "wait! is new caledonia a real country?" conversation over! |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| definitely maybe wrote: |
| i went to a bar in tokyo a few years ago around roppongi that had a bunch of new caledonian waitresses. really attractive girls. it seemed like we were doing quite well, until my buddy delivered a deal-breaker of a line: "wait! is new caledonia a real country?" conversation over! |
Funny! I've struck up friendships with people from Mauritius based at least in part on my having heard of the country. The people I knew from there were a mix of French and Indian and were jaw droppingly attractive and super friendly. Wouldn't be a bad place for a visit at all |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| shifter2009 wrote: |
| skinhead wrote: |
| Where's the Love for Kamtchatka thread? |
Kamtchatka is more well know due to its awesomeness in the game of Risk. It and Yaktusk rock the Asia's world. |
Don't forget Irkust. Can't find it on my world map though. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| Funny! I've struck up friendships with people from Mauritius based at least in part on my having heard of the country. The people I knew from there were a mix of French and Indian and were jaw droppingly attractive and super friendly. Wouldn't be a bad place for a visit at all |
I know this is a really small sample size, but a friend of mine is from Mauritius, and she's quite attractive too- she's done some modeling but sadly for her isn't tall enough for runway.
Interesting thread! |
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fusionbarnone
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| If you like sun and the tropics with french colonial influence you'll like New Calidonia. |
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fusionbarnone
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| If you like sun and the tropics with french colonial influence you'll like New Caledonia. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: New Caledonia: How much do you know about it? |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
For one of the larger Pacific Island nations PLUS a 37.1% of the population is of European blood.. its surprising how international exposure to the island-nation is almost non-existant.
I'm guessing those from NZ/OZ have a much stronger sense of it.. but internationally the place is nearly non-existant. |
If you ever download the reality TV show "The Mole", the fourth(?) season of the Australian version of The Mole spent the entire show on New Caledonia. It struck me as weird to see a country so far from Europe speaking French. One of the contestants got stopped for speeding, but didn't have his passport on him and almost had to spend the night in the pokey. |
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