MUSIC TRADITIONS

One of the most deeply rooted traditions in this country is the music that accompanied the Melanesian dances and sacred ceremonies with singing and musical sounds are produced using a leather drum shaped like an hourglass. This primitive instrument was used by early settlers of these islands to transmit messages through the jungle. Live next to it another as the bamboo flute, the ukeke, a type of zither and ukulele plucking a lute. In Maori songs it should be noted that focus on a note of recital called "gold" as well as the content of each song is very important.

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