Visions of the Pacific [sound recording] : highlights from Maire Nui 6th Festival of Pacific Arts.

Date
1992
By
Reid, Dorice, Cook Islands. Ministry of Cultural Development, Festival of Pacific Arts (6th : 1992 : Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
Notes

Cook Islands (Maire Nui drums) -- Fiji : Fijian song of welcome -- Papua New Guinea : drums of Papua New Guinea -- Aotearoa/New Zealand: Wahine toa : modern Māori action song, tribute to Dame Te Arikinui, Dame Te Ataiirangikaahu / Ngapo and Timia Wehi -- Niue: Traditional chanting song -- New Caledonia: Drum sequence -- Hawaii (R. Fong, soloist) -- Australia: Trad. rope dance/song -- Australia: Part of an Aboriginal corroboree with dijeridoo -- Wallis and Futuna: Song and dance, Tapaki -- Western Samoa: Trad. men's slap-dance -- Western Samoa: Le manu tangi e (Jerome Gray) -- Aotearoa/New Zealand: Karanga ; Haka -- Hawaii: E tai roimata / J. Jonassen ; Ngapuariki -- Tonga: Milolua -- Guam: Excerpt from wedding ceremony -- French Polynesia, Tahiti: Drum sequence -- French Polynesia, Tahiti: Tiare Apetai -- Tokelau: Hemoana -- Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea hei hei! -- Fiji, Rotuma: Trad. song about voyaging ancestors -- Cook Islands: Avaiki e / T. Samuel.

Compilation of folk music from various Pacific islands, including many drumming groups.

Produced by Dorice Reid.

Recorded by Te Reo o Aotearoa (Māori and Pacific Islands Programmes Unit) of Radio New Zealand at various Festival venues; John Jones & Bruce Duske, recording engineers.

Other Versions
Digitised version: Visions of the Pacific
Other Titles
Highlights from the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts; At head of cover title: Orama a te Moana Nui o Kiva
Publisher
[Wellington, N.Z. : Radio New Zealand] ; Rarotonga, Cook Islands : Distributed by Ministry of Cultural Development, [1992].
Format
1 sound recording : analog, stereo.
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