Scattered across the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean are thousands of islands whose musical traditions are closely bound up with the sea.
The people that live in the region, known as Oceania, once travelled from island to island by canoe. They took drums, flutes and pipes with them and settled on the island of Papua New Guinea and Hawaii.
Thought to be one of the oldest cultures in the world, the Aborigines first came to Australia 50,000 years ago. Like the people of Oceania, a big deal of there music relies on their voice and their sounds of their clapping and stamping.
Many of their songs tell how earth and life were created. Most of their musical instruments haven’t changed much in tens of thousands of years.
Music, singing and dancing has always been included to the Australian aborigines way of life. Hawaiian singers at a blessed festival beat on the drums made from gourds, large dried and hollowed out fruit or vegetable husks. Their songs are direct to the gods and maybe attend by a dance called the hula. Their music still includes chants to help them navigate.
The Pacific Ocean covers about a third of the world's surface. Oceania stretches from Hawaii to New Zealand and Australia lies in the west. Oceania is such a tradition place, with so many different talents.
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