FRANCE-OVERSEAS-HERITAGE

Competitors take part on July 14, 2014 in a traditional javelin throw team event during the annual Heiva Tuaro Maohi sporting event, bringing together since 2006 more than 400 athletes from the five archipelagoes of the French overseas territory of Polynesia and the whole Pacific region in Papeete, the capital of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. Heiva, an annual festival that has become emblematic of Polynesian culture. Heiva, which comes from the Polynesian words meaning to assemble and community places, celebrates traditional Polynesian activities, including festivals, music, dancing, singing, and sporting events. AFP PHOTO / GREGORY BOISSY (Photo credit should read GREGORY BOISSY/AFP via Getty Images)