FESTIVAL EXHIBITS CATEGORIES

APPLIED ARTS Tufuga Aao Faaatisi
CULINARY ARTS Tomai i Sauniuniga o Taumafa
FILM MAKING Sauniuniga o Ata Faatifaga

LITERARY ARTS Tala Faaleatunuu, Tusitusiga ma Tuugutu

NATURAL HISTORY Talafaasolopito Faanatura
NAVIGATION AND CANOEING Tautai ma Aloga Paopao
PERFORMING ARTS Faafiafiaga i Pese ma Siva
SYMPOSIUMS Potopotoga Fetufaai Manatu
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE Tomai Faamatuaofaiva Faaatunuu
TRADITIONAL HEALING ARTS Taulasea ma Fofo Faaatunuu
TRADITIONAL SKILLS AND GAMES Faaagatama Faaatunuu
VISUAL ARTS Tusia Ata Eseese

BRIEF HISTORY

The idea of a Festival of Pacific Arts was conceived by the Conference of the South Pacific Commission (now the Pacific Community) in an attempt to combat the erosion of traditional customary practices. Since 1972, delegations from 27 Pacific Island Countries and Territories have come together to share and exchange their cultures at each Festival of Pacific Arts.

In 1977, at the 3rd meeting of the South Pacific Festival Council (now the Council of Pacific Arts), the Council determined that the Festival's major theme should continue to be traditional song and dance, and that participating countries and territories should be free to include other activities depending on the resouces available to them.

The 27 participating Pacific Island Countries and Territories include: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.

Source: Organisers Guide to the Festival of Pacific Arts, SPC NNC, 2003.