The Tiare Tahiti flower is much more than just a national flower. Worn in your ear, it indicates your relationship status. Placed in your right ear, you are signaling that you are single. In your left ear, you are indicating that you are already taken. It is a poetic and traditional way of communicating without saying a word. A charming local custom to adopt as soon as you arrive on the tarmac at Faa’a.