{"id":37465,"date":"2024-07-23T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/?post_type=article-culturel&#038;p=37465"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T01:46:03","slug":"la-danse-et-la-musique-polynesienne","status":"publish","type":"article-culturel","link":"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/en\/article-culturel\/la-danse-et-la-musique-polynesienne\/","title":{"rendered":"Polynesian dance and music"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polynesian dance &amp; music, the essence of social life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-126.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-126.png 225w, https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-126-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-126-8x12.png 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/La-danse-polyn%C3%A9sienne-est-un-art-qui-se-vit.jpg\"><\/a>Polynesian dance is an art that is lived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the arrival of European missionaries, the Tahitian dance called &quot;&#039;ori tahiti&quot; was banned (like many other artistic activities) because it was considered too erotic. It only regained its prestige around 1950. Nowadays, &quot;&#039;ori tahiti&quot; is practiced by a large part of the Polynesian population. Many dance schools have opened and thus allow the conveyance of Polynesian values. Each dance step and each gesture carries a very specific meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There isn&#039;t just one Polynesian dance, but several. Indeed, they often vary from one archipelago to another. Each has its own specificities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, Marquesan dances differ from the dances practiced in the Austral Islands as well as from those of the Tuamotu-Gambiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dance accompanies all the festivities that punctuate the lives of Polynesians, whether for a birthday, a wedding, or any other event. Dance represents the conviviality of the Polynesians and the grace of the &quot;vahine&quot; (women). It is performed to the rhythm of the &quot;to&#039;ere,&quot; &quot;pahu,&quot; percussion instruments, and &quot;ukulele,&quot; famous small four-stringed guitars, made differently according to Hawaiian or Tahitian techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-127.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-127.png 250w, https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-127-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Polynesian-Music-Dance-2.jpg\"><\/a>Polynesian oral culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Songs, closely linked to dances, are also essential in the lives of Polynesians. Instruments such as the ukulele and the guitar set the tempo for the songs, whose magic lies essentially in the sublime voices of the singers, as well as the often present love lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The songs also evoke the beauty of Tahiti and its islands, the adventures experienced by its inhabitants, or their daily lives. They can also praise a flower, a fruit, or a tree and extol their virtues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128.png 225w, https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-128-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Polynesian-Music-Dance-3.jpg\"><\/a>Body &amp; Soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for traditional songs, they tell ancient legends and praises to ancestral deities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polynesian songs are divided into several categories according to their purpose and role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, a &quot;ute arearea&quot; will feature a person who will tell a funny story while singing with a little moral at the end; whereas a &quot;himene&quot; will have more of a religious character.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":37555,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"culture":[241],"class_list":["post-37465","article-culturel","type-article-culturel","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","culture-les-arts-polynesiens"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La danse et la musique Polyn\u00e9sienne - Tahiti Nui Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tahitinuitravel.com\/en\/article-culturel\/la-danse-et-la-musique-polynesienne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La danse et la musique Polyn\u00e9sienne - Tahiti Nui Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Danse &amp; 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