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Watch Episode 2 of 'Paradise or Bust' with the tribe in London - TONIGHT 
After the huge success of the first screening – we’re going to be gathering again for the second episode of ‘Paradise or Bust’ All welcome from 7pm for drinks, kava, and a little slice of drama from the South Pacific This will be Ulai’s last screening before he returns to Fiji Will be back at SWAY BAR near Holborn tube in central London. Paradise or Bust: 28th January, 9pm BBC2, repeated 1120pm 29th Jan Programme 2. "The Island of Vorovoro is open for business, and the first 13 members of this 21st century internet “tribe” are living and working alongside an ancient Fijian tribe. Led by 26 year old Ben Keene they are now working together to tackle their first major construction project – building a traditional Fijian house, which will be one of the biggest in Fiji. As these two tribes settle in to life on the Island, relationships start to build, but a fire breaks out and this crisis causes a power struggle, which ends in tears, and staff member Becky is forced to make a tough decision."
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Signed up to Tribewanted.com? Now, find out how you can use your membership 
First and foremost, a massive thank you must go out to everyone that has signed up to Tribewanted.com on the back of the first episode of "Paradise or Bust"! Also remember that if you would like a more indepth account of the Tribewanted project, Ben Keene has penned a book that has been extremely well received so far. You can order the Tribewanted book on Amazon! Right, so you've signed up to Tribewanted.com, now what can you do with your membership? Well, to be honest, there are actually quite a lot of things that you can do!
Info on how to book your island time TRIBE CASE STUDIES Tribe member testimonials
PARTICIPATING (On Island) How to be a Tribewanted Chief on Vorovoro
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Live on Vorovoro: Chiefs, Gapper, Sustainability & Tribe manager positions available 
CHIEFS January - Sharon Nuanes February - Christy Herman March - No applications yet April - Kaz Brecher May - Application deadline 5th February 2008
ISLAND GAPPER - Application deadline 31st January 2008 SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER - Application deadline 9th February 2008 TRIBE MANAGER - Application deadline 9th February 2008 For more details, visit Tribewanted.com Pictured: Cedric Soule and the lads show off their impressive catch |
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Response to episode one of "Paradise or Bust" 
EMAILS We received lots and lots of emails in the wake of the first episode – 99% very positive and excited, and the odd one a little unhappy, universally about the pig. Here are a few I thought you might like to read…
DIGITAL MEDIA Guardian - "Last night's TV: Paradise or Bust" Ueber Gott und die Welt - "Reality in Paradise" Telegraph - "Telegraph TV Pick: Paradise or Bust BBC2" New Curious Media - "Tribewanted - Are 'geeks' the saviours of TV?" Mookychick - "Tribe Wanted!" Worcester News - "We've really had to fight for our lives" e-consultancy - "Paradise or Bust – the pros and cons of community" Malvern Gazette - "Inside look at Ben's quest for paradise" The thing about useful stuff is - "Tribewanted - Online communities going native"
Viewers in the UK can watch the programme online for 7 days after the show airs. You should be able to find this episode on the BBC i-player for a limited time |
Chief Sharon certainly has been busy over the last couple of weeks. Here are two of her most recent blogs Week 3 Before the show we attend the welcoming ceremony and everyone is greeted and prayers are said over the group. We do our show and are treated to more grog. At some point we are excused to dress for our meke. The group expects to entertained in some form, singing or dancing. We have learned our meke so we are decorated with banana leaves and flowers and return to the room where we sit quietly until asked to perform. We have learned 5 short mekes and we begin. After each we are told more. Continuing with each twice through until thy say more and all are done at once. As the performance is on the men are kissed and draped in sulus, we are all powdered with talc and given cigarettes on our ears and flowers in our hair. We finally complete the mekes to rounds of laughter and clapping. Then our host says, “one hour rest, then you come again and more”. Meaning we are expected to perform again. Read the full article on Tribewanted.com!
Save gave us a Fijian language lesson, “Vuli Vosa Vakaviti”. He is a patient teacher. We partnered up to learn a greeting. Saying hello to each other, “Bula sia”, then “O cei no yacamu” what is your name ? “Na yacaqu o ”, “Vakacava o iko?” My name is _, what about you? “O yau o _”, I am _. Then we worked on single words for greeting and items that other tribe members wanted to know. |
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Tribewanted Fijian team say 'Bula Sia' Francis and her cake, Epeli and his shell, Tevita and his prophecy....more chat from the Mataqali of Vorovoro. |
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Whatever happened to the whale? 
As many of you may have already heard, we had a sick whale swimming around Mali for the past couple of weeks, but just over a week ago the whale died and washed up on the southern side of Mali. Read tribe member (and marine biologist), Mariah Boyle's, thoughts on this sad event Mariah has also given us her thoughts regarding the project's ocean sustainability, in the hope that we will start to really think about our use of the ocean and its natural resources surrounding Vorovoro. The sustainability of the sea is an area that has not yet been formally addressed, so we are extremely grateful to have Mariah's input and expertise on this subject. |
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Firewood and the teacher Mali Parents are a patriotic lot. Despite where they settle in life, it is an unwritten norm that kids must be sent back to Mali tikina school for their first formal English lesson and also to learn just about everything else in life and the outside world. Most importantly this trip is also about being earthed in Mali ways and traditions.I was in a group of four kids who were part of this interesting social experiment. Interestingly, in more ways school curriculum seemed to reflect this dual intention, although I put it down to mere coincidence. All the above made sense, except the part where the teacher used to send the four boys to the mountain to collect firewood, made more special by his insistence on a special wood, found in dry mountainous region of Mali. Read the full article at Tribewanted.com! Harold & Pupu I don’t know Harold Rex. He attracted my attention and got me thinking on my first session with Ben at his favourite West London pub, the Windsor Castle. Harold is a name engraved on the back rest of a wooden bench where we were. As I seated, I kept saying his name loud in my head trying to understand his story. The accompanying date is 1692. Harold, for sure like my great grandfathers did not have Shine TV record his story for BBC to air. But Harold(unlike my forefathers) had a medium, however simple, for me to connect with him through his message on the bench. Thank you, Harold. I was indeed very proud running around this week helping Ben. It was an interesting mix of emotion and pride that may be easily be mistaken for arrogance. Lucky it was all in the heart. It was also special that my cousin from Ligaulevu, Leone Vokai was there to share in this special moment. He came all the way from Wales to be with me. We have not met since August 2002.We soaked all the feelings on behalf of the vanua of Mali. He whispered during our quite moments of fun around the tanoa ”that if only the elders were alive they would be very proud”. I remarked, “I think they would approve”. I talked as if I had been through this moment before. |
From Savanaca on Vorovoro Last night I was having a kava bowl with friends in the grand Bure. We shared so many things together . Things we have done like weeding in the gardens, cutting trees, digging trenches, using the pontoon to bring rocks around Vorovoro,etc. It was windy outside, me and four members drag the boat under a tree and away from the strong waves.W e rested for a while. I went to Tui Mali’s house and laid down there waiting for dinner. I always have dinner in Te’s kitchen but the wind was strong and rain came pouring down. In the middle of our conversation I came across a Guardian article and I started reading it. The first paragraph caught my eyes. The first I time I came to Vorovoro was when I was three and from since then I have never come across a slug on the island. |
Bula Sia Vorovorons, I am Mesa, I have been here for about four months. I met Semesa (James Strawbridge) at the Mali Youth camp in Nakawaga village. A week later we played rugby together. After the rugby season, Semesa only had one month left on Vorovoro, and he told me to come to Vorovoro to come and see the tribe and the work they were all doing. The first job I did here was cleaning the land behind the kitchen. Before I came to Vorovoro I was doing gardening and planting in my home village Vesi on Mali. On Vorovoro it has been different because it is the first time for me to work with kai palagi. I learnt plenty things from you people like this, writing my first blog for the tribe. My English is much better now. The biggest difference I have seen is the way the village is working; the solar panels and wind turbine, the rainwater catchment and pump, the way we deal with our rubbish, and recently, biogas. The thing I have learnt I that we can build things by ourselves without going outside, saving money. |
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