The music of

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is rooted in the

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n tradition. The Pacific Tempo is an important

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, held every three years in ngland the biennial

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is also an important celebration. Modern popular performers include OK! Ryos, Edou and Gurejele, who are at the forefront of the popular Kaneka movement, which began in the mid-1980s. Kaneka fuses traditional styles with pop and world music. The best-known modern

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on New Caledonia is Alain Lecante's Mangrove Studios, which distributes much of the Kaneka music.ambafrance-us.org

References

External links

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Audio clips: Traditional music of New Caledonia.
Musée d'ethnographie de Genève. Accessed November 25, 2010. {{Oceania topic, Music of New Caledonian culture New Caledonia New Caledonia