The music of
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
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, song_type = Regional anthem
, song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
, image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg
, map_alt = Location of Frenc ...
came to the forefront of the
world music scene in 1992, with the release of
The Tahitian Choir's recordings of unaccompanied vocal Christian music called
himene tārava, recorded by French musicologist
Pascal Nabet-Meyer. This form of singing is common in French Polynesia and the
Cook Islands
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, image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg
, capital = Avarua
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, largest_city = Avarua
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, and is distinguished by a unique drop in pitch at the end of the phrases, which is a characteristic formed by several different voices; it is also accompanied by steady grunting of staccato, nonsensical syllables.
See also
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Tahitian Drumming
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Tahitian music
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the music of Tahiti was dominated by festivals called '' heiva''. Dancing was a vital part of Tahitian life then, and dances were used to celebrate, pray and mark almost every occasion of life. Examples includ ...
References
*Linkels, Ad. "The Real Music of Paradise". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), ''World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific'', pp 218–229. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.
External links
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Audio clips: Traditional music of French Polynesia.Musée d'ethnographie de Genève
The ' ("Geneva Ethnography Museum") is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
History
The MEG, or Geneva Museum of Ethnography, was founded on 25 September 1901, on the initiative of Professor Eugène Pittard (1867-1962), ...
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Polynesia
Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...
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