EXPLORING
Pacific Islands
CULTURE
Yidaki
COUNTRY: Australia
In Australia we explore Australian Aboriginal culture and make a drone with our yidaki (didgeridoo).
‘Imene Tuki
COUNTRY: The Cook Islands
We blend Church music with Polynesian songs to make ‘Imene Tuki.
Meke
COUNTRY: Fiji
We meet Fijian folk songs and tell an epic tale through a “sitting down dance.”
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.
A Luau?
COUNTRY: U.S./Hawaii
In Hawaii we pretend to eat poi as we learn about what a luau is…and isn’t!
Cutting Toddy
COUNTRY: Kiribati
We wake up before dawn, climb a tree and sing really loudly. Our reward? Toddy!
Pilou
COUNTRY: New Caledonia
We travel to the Melanesian nation of New Caledonia and shake straw as we dance the Kanak pilou.
Haka
COUNTRY: New Zealand
We dance a powerful Māori haka.
Singsing
COUNTRY: Papua New Guinea
We celebrate Papua New Guinean cultures in all their glor with a colofrum community competition, a “Singsing.”
Ote’as
COUNTRY: Tahiti
We tell Tahitian tales with our (very basic) version of a hip-hopping ote’a.