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The music of Polynesia is a diverse set of musical traditions from islands within a large area of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, approximately a triangle with New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island forming its corners. [1] Traditional Polynesian music is largely an inseparable part of a broader performance art form, incorporating dance ...
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Polynesia. The entirely different world of Polynesian music and dance stands in contrast. Polynesian dance is a visual extension of poetry that uses chant or heightened speech as a vehicle for the praise and honour of high-ranking chiefs or visitors. In Polynesia, power resides in chiefly office, and traditional oral texts tell of a chief’s ...
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Music, singing and dancing are an integral part of Tahitian culture. Traditional Polynesian instruments such as the to’ere drum, the vivo nasal flute, the pu conch and the pounding pahu drum produce the unique, powerful rhythmic sound that exhilarates dancers and spectators alike. This ancestral music accompanies the exotic, sensual dances ...
Oct 15, 2023 · Polynesia's islands are a witness to the peaceful combination of nature, culture, and music in the heart of the wide and captivating Pacific Ocean.This article takes you on a mesmerizing journey through the beautiful soundscapes of Polynesian music, a tapestry woven with ancestral wisdom, ethnic diversity, and a strong connection to the rhythms of the Pacific.
The music of pre-colonized Polynesia was almost entirely vocal, full of chants and story-songs that interacted intimately with dance. When European settlers came–specifically, when European missionaries came–they brought instruments such as the guitar and ukelele, elaborate church hymns that glimmered with multi-part harmonies and, quite ...
