SOUTH PACIFIC Music
Exotic Voices and Rhythms of the South Seas
Cook Island drum dancing, a Fijian tralala meke, a Samoan fiafia, a Vanuatu string band, and Solomon Islands panpipes selected from 1,200 hours of tapes in the Fanshawe Pacific Collection.
Fiafia
The traditional dances of 11 Pacific countries recorded by Ad and Lucia Linkels during six field trips between 1979 and 1992. Some of the songs and rhythms are provided in two versions.
Afo 'o e Ofa
Tongan string band music recorded by the Linkels in 1986 and 1990.
Bastille Celebrations in Polynesia
Music from the Heiva i Tahiti recorded live on Tahiti and Bora Bora.
All-Time Tahitian Favorites
Tahitian classics, with five songs available for online sampling.
Bora Bora & Tuamotu Islands
Classic Tahitian songs by Marie Mariteragi.
Coco's Temaeva
Founded by Coco Hotahota in 1962, Temaeva has won more prizes at the annual Heiva i Tahiti festivals than any other professional dance troupe.
Colors of the World: Samoa
Music from American Samoa.
Drums of Bora Bora and Songs of Tahiti
Thirty-two examples of Polynesian drum dancing.
Easter Island
Contemporary popular music by Tararaina.
Heiva i Tahiti: Festival of Life
David Fanshawe has captured the excitement of Tahiti's biggest festival in these pieces recorded live in Papeete in 1982 and 1986. Famous groups led by Coco Hotahota, Yves Roche, Irma Prince, and others are represented.
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Exotic Voices and Rhythms of the South Seas
Bulu Fiji Bula: Music of the Fiji Islands
Guam and Micronesia Fish and Critter ID
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