The Music of the Pacific (Performing Arts Activities - Lockdown)

Choose all or some of the following Pacific Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Tahiti. Answer the following questions.

Where is the island situated in the Pacific? Samoa is a small island country, located in the central South Pacific Ocean. Samoa sits about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii.

 What does the flag look like?

What is the music like? The music in Samoa is a complex mixture of cultures and traditions.

What instruments are used? Traditional Samoan musical instruments include a Fala. A Fala is a rolled-up mat beaten with wooden sticks and often accompanied with choral singing. Another instrument is a Pate. A Pate is a traditional Samoan percussion and it is named after its English word, "beat" or "clap". 

Is there dancing that goes with the music? What is it like? Include pictures. 

The Samoans have a unique way of displaying their culture, with their characterized dances as a representation of their Samoan identity, in contact with other civilisation such as countries from the East and West.