Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, or Pacific Arts Festival, is a traveling festival hosted every four years by a different country in Oceania (map). It was conceived by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (former "South Pacific Commission")[1] as a means to stem erosion of traditional cultural practices by sharing and exchanging culture at each festival. The major theme of the festival is traditional song and dance. The 2008 Festival of Pacific Arts was hosted by American Samoa from 20 July to 2 August 2008; it was the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts.[2][3][4]
The Pacific Cultural Council (former "Pacific Arts Council" or "Council of Pacific Arts," originally "South Pacific Arts Festival Council")[5] selects the host country and recognizes that each participating country desires the opportunity to showcase its unique indigenous culture by hosting the festival. Host selection is based on principles of equity and preference is given to countries which have not yet hosted. The festival host country pays participants' costs of local travel, accomodation, meals, and other forms of hospitality. Entry to all artistic events is free to the public thereby maximizing cultural outreach and inclusion.
By its vastness, the Pacific Ocean inhibits social and cultural interchange between the inhabitants of its mostly island countries. The festival, not a competition but a cultural exchange, reunites people and reinforces regional identity and mutual appreciation of Pacific-wide culture. Participating countries select artist-delegates to represent the nation at this crossroads of cultures, considered a great honor.
About 2,000 artists attended[6] the 2008 Festival of Pacific Arts from these participating countries:[3] American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Sāmoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.[2]
Locations
| Iteration | Year | Dates | Location | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1972[7] | 6 May-20 May | Suva, Fiji Vorlage:Flagicon | "Preserving culture" |
| 2nd | 1976[8] | 6 March-13 March | Rotorua, New Zealand Vorlage:Flagicon | "Sharing culture" |
| 3rd | 1980[9] | 30 June-12 July | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Vorlage:Flagicon | "Pacific awareness" |
| 4th | 1985[10] | 29 June-15 July | Tahiti, French Polynesia Vorlage:Flagicon | "My Pacific" |
| 5th | 1988[11] | 14 August-24 August | Townsville, Australia Vorlage:Flagicon | "Cultural interchange" |
| 6th | 1992[12] | 16 October-27 October | Rarotonga, Cook Islands Vorlage:Flagicon | "Seafaring heritage"[13] |
| 7th | 1996[14] | 8 September-23 September | Apia, Sāmoa Vorlage:Flagicon | "Unveiling treasures" |
| 8th | 2000[15] | 23 October-3 November | Nouméa, New Caledonia Vorlage:Flagicon | "Words of past, present, future"[16] |
| 9th | 2004[17] | 22 July-31 July | Koror, Palau Vorlage:Flagicon | "Nurture, Regenerate, Celebrate"[18] |
| 10th | 2008[19] | 20 July-2 August | Pago Pago, American Samoa Vorlage:Flagicon | "Threading the Oceania Vorlage:OkinaUla" |
See also
- Bernice P. Bishop Museum, in [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu, HawaiVorlage:Okinai]], houses the world's largest collection of Polynesian artifacts. It is also known as the HawaiVorlage:Okinai State Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
- Pacific Islands for Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia groupings synopsis.
- Hawaiian artists (links to Hawaiian artists category)
- List of Hawaiian cultural topics (links to Hawaiian culture category)
- New Zealand artists (links to New Zealand artists category)
- Hawaiian Renaissance
- History of Indigenous Australians
- History of the Pacific Islands
Footnotes
External links
- Festival of Pacific Arts web site (redirects to current host site)
- Pacific Arts Association website An independent association devoted to the study of all the arts of Oceania.
- Pacific Arts Alliance Host of First Artists' Forum at the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts
- Organizational and support information on the Secretariat of the Pacific Community web site
- Frommer's Event Guide
- ↑ Unattributed: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. In: Pacific Community Website. 8. August 2008, abgerufen am 9. August 2008 (en-gb, Oriya, fra).
- ↑ a b Unattributed: 2008 Festival of the Pacific Arts. Office of Insular Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, 1. Mai 2007, abgerufen am 9. August 2008 (en-us).
- ↑ a b Unattributed: 10th Festival of Pacific Arts -- American Samoa -- July 20 - August 2, 2008. In: 10th Festival of Pacific Arts. American Samoa Office for the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, abgerufen am 9. August 2008 (en-us). The official web site of the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts.
- ↑ Unattributed: Festival of Pacific Arts holds closing ceremonies In: Guampdn.com, Pacific Daily News, 2 August 2008. Abgerufen am 9. August 2008 (en-Us).
- ↑ Unattributed: Festival of Pacific Arts changes name In: Islands Business, Islands Business International, 26 July 2008. Abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-Gb). This mis-titled article describes adoption of name change, not by the Festival of Pacific Arts, but by its overseeing body, from "Council of Pacific Arts" to "Pacific Cultural Council."
- ↑ Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Pacific Arts Festival Hours Away From Opening In: Pacific Magazine, Trans-Oceanic Media, 21 July 2008. Abgerufen am 11. August 2008 (britisches Englisch).
- ↑ 1st Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ 2nd Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ 3rd Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ 4th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb). Mentions the festival location and date had to be changed due to 1984 political instability in New Caledonia which was originally planned to host.
- ↑ 5th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ 6th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ Wenonah Lyon: Social Context and the Limits on Symbolic Meanings. In: Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing. University of Kent, 1995, abgerufen am 11. August 2008 (britisches Englisch). A scholarly paper about the symbolism of voyaging canoes.
- ↑ 7th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ 8th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ 8th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Pacific Arts Online. Artok, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-us, fra, tpi).
- ↑ 9th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).
- ↑ Jane Freeman Moulin: Oltobed a Malt (Nurture, regenerate, celebrate). In: The Contemporary Pacific. Vol. 17. Jahrgang, No. 2. University of HawaiVorlage:Okinai Press, S. 512-6 (amerikanisches Englisch, jhu.edu [abgerufen am 9. August 2008]). Although access to the full article is restricted through Project MUSE, the free synopsis is useful.
- ↑ 10th Festival of Pacific Arts. In: Festivals of Pacific Arts. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, abgerufen am 10. August 2008 (en-gb).