OCEANIA REGIONAL SET 29 -30 (2 DVD/1 BOOK)

Two DVDs illustrate 57 music and dance performances.

Vol 1 features Micronesia and Saipan, Melanesia and Australia and includes navigational songs, stick dances, wedding dance, dance of welcoming, one-stringed tubular zither and slit-drum performance, along with ancestral songs and a village memorial service for the ancestors, and several aboriginal dances, such as dance of the kangaroo.

Vol 2 features Polynesia (Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, and others) & New Zealand, with their sitting dances, hand-clapping dances, narrative songs, drum dances, men's paddle and spear dances, and hand dances. New Zealand's ball dance and short stick dance, along with Maori love song are featured.

Accompanying 72-page book describes each performance and gives background and ample resources on this region.

From the JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance. Also available as individual DVDs.