SPFA - South Pacific Festival of Arts

SPFA : FESTIVAL MUSIC OF THE SOUTH SEAS during March of 1976.

- Solomon Islands and their Pan Pipe Band.
- Solomon Islands and their Bamboo Band..with explanations by Jeff Haggett.
- Wallace & Futuna group : sing a prayer to the Virgin Mary.
- FIJI includes the Rotumans, Banabans and the Fijian Indians, this was one of
the biggest group to attend the Festival...
A group from Nalkilau perform the ....Mekiia dance..........
The Banabarns from Ranby Island perfrom a traditional dance, expalining hao the
women make mats for the house.
Still with Fiji, the Fiji Indians perform their dance taken from Hindu mythology.
A Fiji Chinese group perform a culture dance.
- Fiji / Rotuma perform a tipa dance with song.
- New Hebriedes perform a Bua and Kae ceremonial dance.
- New Caledonia : song and dance

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: perform a Kiway
- Torres Straight Island : song and dance.
- Aborigine : dance with their digididoo, imitating the call of the kookubara.
- Aboriginee the Barmilia dancers.
- Nauru : children sing a hymn
- Gamalan Music of Java based in Wellington.
- Auckland Anglican Māori Club : Te Arawa te waka Arawa te Iwi....
- Hawaiian perform their farewell item.......Aloha Oi
- Fijian Isa lei led by the Prime Minister of Fiji.
- PO ATA RAU......NOW IS THE END.

Produced and presented by Jeff Haggett of Radio New Zealand.

This recording contains audio from two ORT's, namely SPFA 151 & SPFA 152