Islands of Light - South Pacific Dance

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Islands of Light - South Pacific Dance

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This short film celebrates three performances from the South Pacific; the sasa from Western Samoa, the ura pa'u (drum dance) from the Cook Islands, and the haka from Aotearoa. The sasa is an energetic group dance with varied hand movements depicting everyday activities like cracking a coconut, and making nets. The ura pa'u dazzles with its colourful costumes (the skirts are made from dyed kiri'au or beach hibiscus) and the agile hip action of its female performers. Leading the haka is Pita Sh...

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Video

Date created

1988

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/islands-of-light-south-pacific-dance-1988

Related subjects

fale / fishing / tuiga / headdress / traditional dance / polynesia / polynesian dance / western samoa / sasa / cook islands / ura pa'u / drums / traditional drums / aotearoa / haka / mere / taonga / marae / whakairo / pwa films / huia films / kelvin peach / sani epati / turepu turepu / ta'i carpentier / peter jenkinson / paul woolston-smith / cherie aston / te ao māori / waterfall / hibiscus flower / lizard / machete / mountains / sea / mist / conch / conch shell / hur / pa'u / tokere / pate / kiri'au / titi / pareu kiri'au / lei / taiaha / kapa haka / warrior dance / pe'a / samoan tattoo / tatau / peter sharples / children

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