EXPLORING PACIFIC ISLANDS CULTURE
AUSTRALIA: YIDAKI
COUNTRY: Australia
In Australia we explore Australian Aboriginal culture and make a drone with our yidaki (didgeridoo).
THE COOK ISLANDS: ‘IMENE TUKI
COUNTRY: The Cook Islands
We blend Church music with Polynesian songs to make ‘Imene Tuki. (More.)
FIJI: MEKE
COUNTRY: Fiji
We meet Fijian folk songs and tell an epic tale through a “sitting down dance.” (More.)
GUAM: FIESTAS
COUNTRY: U.S./Guam
Time to go to Guam, a Micronesian island nation with a multinational past, to party party party and eat eat EAT. (More.)
HAWAII: A LUAU?
COUNTRY: U.S./Hawaii
In Hawaii we pretend to eat poi as we learn about what a luau is…and isn’t! (More.)
KIRIBATI: CUTTING TODDY
COUNTRY: Kiribati
We wake up before dawn, climb a tree and sing really loudly. Our reward? Toddy! (More.)
NEW CALEDONIA: PILOU
COUNTRY: New Caledonia
We travel to the Melanesian nation of New Caledonia and shake straw as we dance the Kanak pilou. (More.)
NEW ZEALAND: HAKA
COUNTRY: New Zealand
We dance a powerful Māori haka.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: SINGSING
COUNTRY: Papua New Guinea
We celebrate Papua New Guinean cultures in all their glor with a colofrum community competition, a “Singsing.” (More.)
TAHITI: OTE’AS
COUNTRY: Tahiti
We tell Tahitian tales with our (very basic) version of a hip-hopping ote’a. (More.)