{"id":18602,"date":"2022-02-09T12:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/?p=14471"},"modified":"2022-02-09T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:18:31","slug":"tehe-peritome-je-voulais-tout-montrer-ne-rien-cacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/tehe-peritome-je-voulais-tout-montrer-ne-rien-cacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehe Peritome: \u00abI wanted to show everything, not hide anything\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\"><p><strong>It was while visiting the doctor that Benoit Moehau Tarahu came up with his idea: to make a documentary about circumcision in Tahiti. He wanted to follow a traditional ceremony and tell what this rite means today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The images should speak for themselves. Benoit Moehau Tarahu, the director and producer, wanted to show everything and hide nothing. We see two young men going to the river; it\u2019s <strong>The big day for them is their circumcision<\/strong>. The two boys begin by taking a bath, under the watchful eye of the tahua tehe, who encourages them to immerse themselves completely in the cold water to slow down the flow of blood and anesthetize them. Then he shows them his instruments: the knife, the lemon, the piece of wood. He then calls the first boy to sit down. He inserts the piece of wood under his penis\u00ab foreskin, throws some river water on it and plants his knife in a lemon to disinfect it. The camera approaches and the tahua cuts the skin of the foreskin. The cut is clean; the image does not tremble; the young man stretches and exhales forcefully, probably to control his pain. The man pours urine over the wound, wraps it with a piece of cloth and then pours Chinese oil on it. The boy can get up and put on a scarf. There you have it, he has become a man! The images are impressive, but Benoit Moehau Tarahu absolutely wanted to share them: \u00bbIt didn\u2019t make sense to have only words; we needed actions.\u201d It was while visiting the doctor that he had the idea to get involved in the <strong>Circumcision in French Polynesia<\/strong>. He saw brochures about this practice and wondered if the traditional ritual still existed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/movie\/tehe-peritome\/\"><strong>Tehe Peritome<\/strong><\/a> has become a veritable investigation into this practice: its meaning, its practice\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The difficulty was finding boys willing to film this intimate and important moment in their lives. Everything was done thanks to the family and close friends. \u00abIt's also a matter of trust, but people are proud to get their circumcision and eventually, some accepted.\u00bb Already broadcast on Polyn\u00e9sie La 1\u00e8re, <strong>Benoit Moehau Tarahu<\/strong> He assures that the protagonists of his film were successful in school! \u00ab They were not mocked; on the contrary, their friends were impressed because they followed the traditional ritual, which is an act of courage!\u00bb Beyond the ritual shown in all its details, one can also see circumcision in a doctor, but also better understand the meaning of this ritual that all Polynesian boys follow. Cultural experts are also interviewed and explain that the sex of the ti\u2019i is circumcised; it is a practice that dates back to very ancient times and has nothing to do with religion. It is a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood, and those who have not undergone it are often mocked: \u00ab taioro \u00bb or even \u00ab skin in front \u00bb. Young people are therefore happy to have been \u00ab t\u0101p\u016b \u00bb, as they say, the Tahitian word for \u00ab cut off\u00bb. It is also learned that the cut is specific to French Polynesia: \u00ab <strong>It is an incision that is not circumcision but a supercision.<\/strong> \u00bb\", explains a doctor. The skin of the foreskin is not removed; it is simply pushed aside. <strong>tehe technique<\/strong>, The longitudinal cut, which seems to be a Polynesian exclusive, is explained.<\/p>\n<p>Benoit Moehau Tarahu is <strong>Happy to see his documentary selected at FIFO<\/strong> Even if he is not competing, it should bring him some visibility and an audience. \u00abIt brought back memories for some\u2026 Others were a bit afraid to watch, afraid of getting hurt seeing these images! I\u2019m curious to see how the audience at FIFO will react.\u00bb Benoit Moehau Tarahu\u2019s next film will be \u00abjust as impressive\u00bb as this one, he promises.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Article written by Lucie Rabreaud<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est en allant chez le m\u00e9decin que Benoit Moehau Tarahu a trouv\u00e9 son id\u00e9e : faire un documentaire sur la circoncision \u00e0 Tahiti. Il souhaitait suivre une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie traditionnelle et raconter ce que ce rite signifie aujourd\u2019hui. Les images devraient faire parler. Benoit Moehau Tarahu, le r\u00e9alisateur et producteur, a voulu tout montrer et ne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jet_sm_ready_style":"","_jet_sm_style":"","_jet_sm_controls_values":"","_jet_sm_fonts_collection":"","_jet_sm_fonts_links":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[514,524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actus-2022","category-films-hors-competition"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","cmb2":{"poster_feature_image":{"vid_m_player_background":"","vid_m_poster_image":"","vid_m_poster_image_id":""},"gif_feature_image":{"vid_m_gif_image":"","vid_m_gif_image_id":""},"video_movie_settings":{"vid_m_director":"","vid_m_actor":"","vid_m_imdb_ratings":"","vid_m_amazon_associates":"","vid_m_vid_tmdb_movie":"","vid_m_vid_tmdb_tv_shows":"","vid_m_vid_tmdb_thumb":""},"vid_ads_m_videoads_settings_post":{"vid_ads_m_video_ads":"","vid_ads_m_video_ads_type":"","vid_ads_m_group_google_ima":"","vid_ads_m_group_image":"","vid_ads_m_group_html5_video":"","vid_ads_m_group_html":"","vid_ads_m_vpaid_mode":"","vid_ads_m_vast_preroll":"","vid_ads_m_vast_postroll":"","vid_ads_m_vast_pauseroll":"","vid_ads_m_vast_midroll":"","vid_ads_m_group_dynamic":"","vid_ads_m_time_to_show_ads":"","vid_ads_m_time_skip_ads":"","vid_ads_m_time_to_hide_ads":""},"feature_image_settings":{"feature_image_position":""},"video_player_settings":{"single_video_style":"","video_player_position":"","vm_video_url_btn_choose":"","vm_video_url_btn_choose_id":"","vm_video_url":"","vm_video_ratio":"","vm_video_ratio_mobile":"","video_player_library":"","plyr_player":"","video_streaming":"","vm_video_shortcode":"","vm_video_timelapse":"","vm_media_subtitles":"","vm_media_sources":"","vid_vtt_preview":"","vid_vtt_preview_vtt_file":"","vid_vtt_preview_vtt_file_id":"","vid_vtt_preview_sprite_image":"","vid_vtt_preview_sprite_image_id":"","vid_auto_play":"","vid_preview_mode":"","vm_screenshot_preview":"","vid_tags":"","vid_p_sync_playlist":"","vid_c_sync_channel":"","get_post_format":"","multiple_links_structure":"","multi_links_title":"","original_video_title":"","vm_video_multi_links":"","vm_duration":"","vid_social_locker":"","vid_locker_mode":"","vid_social_locker_id":"","vid_social_email_locker_id":"","vid_social_signin_locker_id":"","sv_login_to_watch":"","vid_membership_action":"","vm_video_trailer_url":"","vid_download_type":"","vid_download_target":"","vid_woo_product":"","vid_download_mode":"","vid_download_mode_trailer":"","vm_media_download":"","user_rating":"","user_rating_position":"","user_rating_mode":"","user_rating_multi_sets":"","ads_above_single_player":""},"video_auto_fetch_settings":{"vm_video_fetch":""},"video_fake_views_likes":{"vm_fake_views":"","vm_fake_likes":"","vm_fake_dislikes":""},"gallery_settings":{"gallery_position":""},"quote_settings":{"quote_position":""},"post_options":{"main_layout":"","main_logo":"","main_logo_id":"","main_logo_retina":"","main_logo_retina_id":"","main_logo_mobile":"","main_logo_mobile_id":"","main_logo_mobile_retina":"","main_logo_mobile_retina_id":"","sticky_logo":"","sticky_logo_id":"","sticky_logo_retina":"","sticky_logo_retina_id":"","main_nav_layout":"","header_background":"","theme_sidebar":"","single_post_comment_type":"","theme_background":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}