TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS Today’s orchestras use percussion and stringed instruments. Among the percussion is the to’ere; the pahu with two skins and beaten with a stick and the pahu tupa’i rima,…
Ori Tahiti improvisation Ori Tahiti improvisation was last modified: November 2nd, 2015 by Tiare
Tahitian Culture In pre-European Polynesia, dances ‘were many and varied’ but little else is known about them. All we know is that both men and women danced, together or separately.…
Aparima dance was last modified: October 27th, 2015 by Tiare
Moena Maiotui was last modified: October 27th, 2015 by Tiare
Flowers Tropical flowers seem to be everywhere on the islands, particularly in the hair of Tahitians. Hibiscus blossoms are worn behind the ear or braided with palm fronds into floral…