Pasimfic Youth Weekly

This week's feature needs very few comments. Dylan, one of our free-lance correspondents on Niua Simoa, sent us all these wonderful pictures of his friends and classmates at the royal wedding this week.

Not everybody may know, since Niua Simoa is not a large island, but the heir to the throne, Prince Henry, married a girl from China called Sima Zhi, and the entire island seems to have celebrated with them. There was a full week of celebrations, after which everyone took a week off to recover from the festivities.

The festivities lasted a full week. There was a large dinner for the entire community on the first day, followed by a small wedding with just the family (and presumably some foreign dignitaries we teenagers didn't get to see) on the second day.

There was a reception for the entire population on the third day, followed by a formal dance party. Technically it was 'adults only', but some teens managed to sneak in.
And the next day, there was a party for the children of the island, followed by a dance party for the local teenagers.

The festivities were followed by an enormous firework display that will have the town talking for years to come.

Prince Henry and Princess Zima are now on their honeymoon in Shang-Simla.

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Here is what the young people of Niua Simoa wore to the royal garden party.

As you can see, some of the kids don't really dig the 'island vibe'. Like Desiree Velasquez, who is apparently a local babysitter.

Or Maise Tau - who at least has a better dress than her mother, but that isn't saying a lot!

A mixed group waiting at the gate. Cassidy Stevenson apparently doesn't own anything formal?  The girl in the back appears to be Mei Mau, who came with her brother Victor (in the flowery red jacket).

And Robert-Michel Gao has no business being there for a childrens' event!! I think he probably had some business to discuss with the king, as he went into the office and wasn't seen for the rest of the day.

Nasik Puriri's parents seem to think anything with buttons classifies as 'formal' enough for a kid. And maybe they're right.

But on the other hand, Rosa and Leonard Ngatea demonstrate that traditional can go with blonde, too:

Heleni Rotorima, who appears to be wearing an athletics outfit, but with Heleni, you never know. The girl has a strange sense of style, and it's difficult to see whether it's 'unique' or just plain weird!

The Mau brothers came in together. One can see clearly who will be the bookkeeper and who will be the rockstar in this family.

Morris Ling:

And Pita Harawira, whose suit came directly from France.

Two local girls (Mei Mau and Maise Tau) admiring the bride:

So much for our 'cultural' special of this week. We thank Dylan Potpourri for the photographs and descriptions.

If you have pictures of cultural and/or significant events in your own region, please send them to our office (address in the back of this magazine).