Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on The Main Activities of the People of Tikopia and the Advent of Christianity. It needs to be at least 1500 words. They have a close affinity to Samoa, Tonga. “Homogenous in speech and culture, they are a unit of what may be termed the ‘Polynesian fringe’ in Melanesia, their closest affinities being not with the people of Solomon’s region but with those of Samoa, Tonga and even more distant groups to the east” (Firth, 1936, p. 3). The people of Tikopia have less interest in science, technology, and decorative art. They follow a complex system of rituals and customs and they are greatly attached to their customs and rituals. They have specialized hospitality traditions and are very sensitive to public opinions. They follow a very crooked nature where they criticize peoples and figures privately while they praise the same in a public place. They are of the view that human life is of social welfare and they do not distinguish people upon the basis of wealth that a person possesses and rank that a person holds in society.

The most important aspect in their kinship is the tie or relation or the feelings that exist between the living and the dead. This aspect is expressed concretely in ritual terms through traditional and ritual ceremonies. The traditional belief in kinship is that which is shared between the dead and the living and how the living people believe that the dead relatives and ancestors will assist with their subsistence activities like agriculture and fishing. The living people are of the viewpoint that the dead play an important role in their surviving kinsfolk. Fishing and working in the orchids are the prime activities of the Tikopia people. Whether it is fishing or agricultural activities there was a series of rituals that controlled these activities and ensured that they were fully productive. These rituals were presided over by a single chief who is also known as ‘Ariki’. This ‘Ariki’ was known to promote the welfare of the whole island. The clan chiefs held titular control over the lands owned by the members of the respective clan and the chiefs were called to settle disputes concerning possession of lands and the chief’s verdict was the final which the whole island had to follow.