All About Tahitian Dance
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This quiz will ask questions pertaining to Tahitian dance styles and Tahitian dance history. It will also ask about tahitian costume making and oral traditions.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What does "Otea" mean?
- A.
Dance of Life
- B.
Drum Dance
- C.
Dance of Love
- D.
Hip shaking dance
- E.
All of the above
- 2.What does Aparima mean?
- A.
"Kiss of the hands" dance
- B.
Lord of the dance
- C.
Fan dance
- D.
Fire dance
- E.
Dance of the forest
- 3.What does Tamure mean?
- A.
Hello
- B.
Goodbye
- C.
Party
- D.
Tahitian and Cook Island dance
- E.
Dance of Hawaii
- 4.
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What is the "grass skirt" made out of and called in Tahitian?- A.
Long grass and skirts called hula hula
- B.
Coconut tree/Lila
- C.
Wild Hibiscus tree bark and skirts are called "more'"
- D.
Pandanus/paore
- E.
Fara tree/piu piu skirts
- 5.What is Pandanus used for?
- A.
Weaving
- B.
Costume making
- C.
For sitting on
- D.
For walls of houses/huts
- E.
All of the above
- 6.When was Tahitian dance banned when the missionaries arrived?
- A.
Early 1700's
- B.
Early 1800's
- C.
Early 1900's
- D.
Was never banned
- E.
None of the above
- 7.What is the big dance competition called in Tahiti held every year during the Bastille day celebration?
- A.
Ori
- B.
Upa Upa
- C.
Maeva
- D.
Heiva
- E.
Iaorana
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