Lakalaka : A Tongan Masterpiece Of Performing Arts
KAEPPLER Adrienne
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Lakalaka are major artistic productions that combine history, politics and entertainment as sung group speeches with choreographed movements. Performances have distinctive Tongan characteristics in the aesthetics of poetry, sound and movement, while maintaining their relevance for contemporary society. This is a 'richly illustrated work that will facilitate greatre public awareness and appreciation of the importance of the Lakalaka Masterpiece and its cultural necessity for preserving national (Tongan) identity.
Adrienne Lois Kaeppler has been a leading figure in the research, study, and advocacy of the Pacific Island Region for at least four decades. Ethnomusicologist, museum curator, ant ...
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: Vava'u Press
Subjects:
Category, Non-fiction, Pasifika, Tonga, Tongan Art And Crafts, Tongan Culture
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