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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 ...
The development of Polynesian culture is typically divided into four different historical eras: Exploration and settlement (c. 1800 BC – c. AD 700) Development in isolation (c. 700 – 1595) European encounter and colonization until World War II (1595–1946) Post-World War II period.
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Pacific Islands home front during World War II. The civilian population, culture and infrastructure of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia ( Pacific Islands) were completely changed between 1941 and 1945 because of the logistical requirements of the Allies in their war against Japan ( taemfaet and daidowa in Micronesian or sahaya kana tuta in ...
Mexico. The first Braceros arrive in Los Angeles, 1942. Mexico entered World War II in response to German attacks on Mexican ships. The Potrero del Llano, originally an Italian tanker, had been seized in port by the Mexican government in April 1941 and renamed in honor of a region in Veracruz.
My research revealed that music did in fact play a significant role in the lives of soldiers both abroad and in their return home. Before, during and after World War II, music had a growing impact on troops, and it is this impact that has caused music therapy as a medical technique to grow dramatically since its establishment in World War II.
During World War II American Marines brought American popular music, which quickly became Samoan popular music. Samoan bands readily copied this music, and still today sing Western popular songs with their own Samoan lyrics.
