10th Festival of Pacific Arts - American Samoa Information
10th Festival of Pacific Arts - American Samoa Information
10th Festival of Pacific Arts - American Samoa Information
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AMERICAN SAMOA – 2008<br />
Niue<br />
Niue is a large upraised coral atoll, also known as<br />
“The Rock Of Polynesia”. We are located 2400km north-east <strong>of</strong> New Zealand.<br />
We live in our everyday family life in our villages, working in our taro plantations<br />
and fishing in our tradtional canoes. Through the <strong>Pacific</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> we<br />
love to share with our friends, our culture, our dancing and our singing.<br />
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New Zealand<br />
Creative New Zealand has selected a combination <strong>of</strong><br />
accomplished and emerging artists from within the<br />
Maori and New Zealand based <strong>Pacific</strong> communities to attend the <strong>10th</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> in Pago Pago, <strong>American</strong> <strong>Samoa</strong> in July 2008. The delegation <strong>of</strong><br />
120 artists (including Whangara-mai-Tawhiti, the 2007 winners <strong>of</strong> Te Matatini<br />
the national kapa haka competition) will represent customary and contemporary<br />
arts from New Zealand/ Aotearoa alongside the other 26 participating <strong>Pacific</strong><br />
nations.<br />
Norfolk Island<br />
Norfolk Island is the highest point in a huge chain <strong>of</strong> mostly submerged<br />
mountains running 1700 km from New Zealand to New<br />
Caledonia, known as the Norfolk Ridge. Almost half <strong>of</strong> our community are descendants <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Bounty mutineers and their descendants from Pitcairn Island who arrived on Norfolk Island on 8<br />
June 1856. Norfolk Island celebrates that arrival every year with “Bounty Day” or “Anniversary<br />
Day” on 8th June. We have a vibrant arts community with many activities and festivals in areas<br />
as diverse as music, visual arts, dance and theatre.
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