COUNTRY: Australia

In Australia we explore Australian Aboriginal culture and make a drone with our yidaki (didgeridoo).

COUNTRY: The Cook Islands

We blend Church music with Polynesian songs to make ‘Imene Tuki. (More.)

COUNTRY: Fiji

We meet Fijian folk songs and tell an epic tale through a “sitting down dance.” (More.)

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.)

COUNTRY: U.S./Hawaii

In Hawaii we pretend to eat poi as we learn about what a luau is…and isn’t! (More.)

COUNTRY: Kiribati

We wake up before dawn, climb a tree and sing really loudly. Our reward? Toddy! (More.)

COUNTRY: New Caledonia

We travel to the Melanesian nation of New Caledonia and shake straw as we dance the Kanak pilou. (More.)

COUNTRY: New Zealand

We dance a powerful Māori haka.

COUNTRY: Papua New Guinea

We celebrate Papua New Guinean cultures in all their glor with a colofrum community competition, a “Singsing.” (More.)

COUNTRY: Tahiti

We tell Tahitian tales with our (very basic) version of a hip-hopping ote’a. (More.)

EXPLORING PACIFIC ISLANDS CULTURE