Pacific Performing Arts
Crafts, Music and Dance
Ngatu/Tapa painting
This is a time used by village women to get together and help one another design and paint ngatu. It is a time of gossip, fun and laughter. We have adapted this to suit our option and have talked, laughed and listened to music while painting our individual tapa.
Every Friday morning for four weeks
We have celebrated and shared in the culture of the Pacific people. As a Pacific person who grew up immersed in the culture, you have made me very proud in your display of enthusiasm, willingness, and productivity in making tapa, coconut bowls, and your dancing performance. You have all lived a very typical island lifestyle for the hours we have spent together.
Pacific Artists/Performers
Tapa designs
Drawing designs on paper, drawing on wood panel, gluing sticks over design, using blank tapa to paint on with brown dye, drawing on pattern with black dye.
Coconut Bowls
Sandpapering coconuts, burying coconuts in soil, digging up coconuts after a week, washing off soil with water, varnished.
Performance
Using the beats of the music and the timing to come up with movements to suit. Using the coconuts to emphasise the beat and create movement.
Fun, Friendship and Fellowship
Environment playing a part in the process
Digging up coconuts buried in the soil for a week. The purpose - to enhance the colour of the shell and turn it a darker colour.
Pacific performing arts students
Email: office@kauripark.school.nz
Website: http://www.kauripark.school.nz
Location: 16 Mcglashen Place, Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: (09) 4836539