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	Music of the Cook Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Imene tuki and imene metua are forms of unaccompanied vocal music known for a uniquely (The islands in the eastern part of Oceania) Polynesian drop in pitch at the end of the phrases, as well as staccato rhythmic outbursts of nonsensical syllables (tuki).
		(The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords) Harmony-singing church music and a wide variety of (A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)) hymns and (A party of people at a wedding) wedding and funeral music are found throughout the Cook Islands.
		The Cook Islands drumming style is well-known internationally, but is often misidentified as an example of (Click link for more info and facts about Tahitian music) Tahitian music.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_the_cook_islands.htm (208 words)

	Music_of_the_Cook_Islands encyclopedia and info, forum and guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Imene tuki and imene metua are forms of unaccompanied vocal music known for a uniquely Polynesian drop in pitch at the end of the phrases, as well as staccato rhythmic outbursts of nonsensical syllables (tuki).
		Harmony-singing church music and a wide variety of hymns and wedding and funeral music are found throughout the Cook Islands.
		The Cook Islands drumming style is well-known internationally, but is often misidentified as an example of Tahitian music [1].
	curacao.caribbean-forum.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Music_of_the_Cook_Islands (303 words)

	Music of Tonga
		Traditional music is preserved (though how faithfully we can only guess) in the set pieces performed at royal and noble weddings and funerals, and in the song sung during the traditional ceremony of apology, the lou-ifi.
		The music is melodic and minor key; it serves as background to the dancers.
		Music is often heard in Tongan towns and villages, but it is usually music from Radio Tonga.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_tonga.html (1035 words)

	Cook Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand.
		A popular art form on the islands is tivaivai, often likened to quilting.
		Defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cook_Islands (224 words)

	Lords of the Dance – Culture of the Cook Islands
		INDIVIDUALITY between islands is the hallmark of the culture of the Cook Islands and reflects their varied sources of ancient migration as well as the vast distances between 15 tiny islands scattered over a section of the central South Pacific Ocean as big as the Indian sub-continent.
		The distinctive Cook Islands drumming is world famous but, unfortunately, much misinformation is disseminated particularly in the USA and many north Americans are under the false impression that the wooden drums of the Cook Islands originate from Tahiti.
		Cook Islanders needing jobs while attending the nearby university were usually shepherded into the Tahitian village or show and often pressured to share their culture.
	www.ck /culture.htm (2638 words)

	Travel Online > Travel Guide > South Pacific > Cook Islands
		The people of the Cook Islands are Cook Islands Maori, which in their own language means ‘indigenous to.’ All the islands except for the Samoan influenced Pukapuka and Nassau, have a similar language, with some variations in dialect.
		Cook Islands Cultural Village: The Cook Islands has a strong cultural identity, one that has been moulded over the centuries and is today reflected in their friendly, caring and colorful society.
		The Cooks are flanked to the west by Tonga and Samoa and to the east by Tahiti and French Polynesia.
	www.travelonline.co.nz /travelguide/cookisland/cookisland-main.html (4186 words)

	Cook Spot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Cook surveyed the northwest stretch in 1763 and 1764, the south coast between the Burin Peninsula and Cape Ray in 1765 and 1766, and the west coast in 1767.
		Cook ensured his crews had citrus fruits in their diets to control scurvy, a disease caused by lack of vitamin C which was fatal if not treated.
		Cook was himself 'establishment' educated, at Radley and Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, where he read French and German, and it was at the latter that he first performed and wrote comedy sketches as a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club (of which Peter Cook became President in 1960).
	www.cooking-spot.com (6667 words)

	Cook Islands - Cook Island Escapes - Cook Island Honeymoons and Cook Island Weddings. Cook Island Luxury Resorts. Cook ...
		Island traditions are on display during Cultural Festival Week (second week of February), featuring tivaevae quilt competitions and arts and crafts displays; and Island Dance Festival Week (third week of April), with dance displays and competitions culminating in the crowning of male and female Dancers of the Year.
		Avarua, the capital of the Cook Islands and Rarotonga's main town, lies in the middle of the northern coast.
		The Cook Islands Cultural Village, on Arorangi's back road, is a great experience: you'll learn more about traditional Cook Islands culture in one day here than you probably will for the rest of your stay.
	cook-islands-escapes.com (853 words)

	Cook Islands Music
		Pa'umotu, a group of islands in what is French Polynesia today, is said to have been named by a celebrated Polynesian ancestor, called Ka'ukura, is said to have led a large migration of people, e varu rau (1600), from 'Avaiki, stopping at islands which he named Iva-nuk, Iva-ra'i, Iva-te-pupenga, and others.
		Variations exist between the islands, however, the purpose of ute is the same on all islands - it is a celebratory song to be sung in a party atmosphere.
		In New Zealand and Australia, where Cook Islanders live in large numbers, Cook Islands dance and music is one way they are reminded of their ties to their homeland and culture.
	www.janesoceania.com /cookislands_music (6514 words)

	ipedia.com: Music of Tonga Article
		Methodists were known for their extensive use of hymns in their emotional services.
		It can be heard even in the smallest villages on the remotest islands, blasting from the omnipresent tepis or combination radio/tape cassette players (usually battery powered).
		To the unsophisticated Western ear, it savors of American country music.
	www.ipedia.com /music_of_tonga.html (1053 words)

	Miss Cook Islands Pageant delights South Pacific
		This is the home of the Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association and over the coming weeks and months the site will be filling out with information about the upcoming event.
		in the centre of the Polynesian Triangle, flanked to the west by the Kingdom of Tonga and the Samoas and to the east by Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia.
		Like dance each island also has its own characteristic music and song and competition between the girls will be a delight to the ear.
	www.miss-cookislands.com (440 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Mu' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Music of immigrant communities in the United States
		Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
		Music of the United States (1980s to the present)
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /m/mu (75 words)

	Cook Islands Information
		DRESS CODE: While The Cook Islands are informal and the dress is casual, it is recommended that very brief attire such as bikinis not be worn in shopping areas or public places outside of the beach and resorts, as it may cause offence in some places.
		Cook Islanders are regarded as amnongst the finest Polynesian dancers anywhere and have won many international awards.
		The Cook Islands talent for music both in the song and dance can be seen at the numerous festivals throughout the year.
	www.pacificresort.com /Presentation/Presentation1.aspx?ID=62 (503 words)

	Radio Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		The programming of Radio Cook Islands is bilingual, and announcers are fluent in both English and Cook Islands Maori.
		A visit with station personnel revealed that Radio Cook Islands' 11760 kHz shortwave transmitter and antenna were destroyed in a fire in May 1992.
		The outer islands are being served by AM and FM repeaters and RCI will not be reactivating their shortwave outlet.
	www.owdjim.gen.nz:81 /chris/radio/DXSoundBites/R_Cook_Islands (244 words)

	Pacific Islands Radio
		Music is a language that reminds us of memorable moments in our lives.
		This early music was very fundamental although some islands did use flutes and drums to accompany their singing.
		Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to be able to say that a collection of some of the most exciting and absorbing gospel music from the Pacific Islands is now being featured on Pacific Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo), Pacific Islands Radio 33K (24 kbps) as well as Pacific Islands Radio 28K (16 kbps).
	www.pacificislandsradio.com (832 words)

	AnthroGlobe Bibliography: the Cook Islands
		Coppell, W.G. 1971 A Bibliography of the Cook Islands.
		McCarthy, D.D. 1959 Filariasis in the Cook Islands.
		1986 Cook Islands Census of Population and Dwellings.
	coombs.anu.edu.au /Biblio/biblio_cooks.html (3767 words)

	South Pacific islands - music of Oceania
		Music from Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
		Music from Rabi, the new home of the Micronesian Banabans of Ocean Island.
		Island chants and songs woven into the New Age soundtrack of a documentary.
	www.southpacific.org /music.html (664 words)

	Trader Jacks Bar & Grill Cook Islands
		The Cook Islands' most exciting and enthralling reality programme went back on the air again after a grand premier on 20 August 2005.
		Set in a stunning location overlooking the waters of Avarua Harbour [location] the restaurant has a reputation for fine dining and superb freshly caught seafood, while the bar is one of the most popular on Rarotonga.
		Perched at the end of the bar this legendary Cook Islands character revels in his role of custodian of all he surveys – and also adds greatly to the bar takings.
	www.traderjackscookislands.com (872 words)

	Products from the Cook Islands - Noni Juice Black Pearls Music & Crafts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Cook Island Natural has for you, the perfect range of unique gifts that you won't find in any high street store.
		Considered rarest and the most valuable of all pearls, Cook Islands Black Pearls are to be treasured.
		The Cook Islanders are passionate singers which is reflected in their everyday life.
	www.cookislandnatural.com (168 words)

	The Cook Islands in the arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Music and song are an important part of Cook Islands heritage, and visitors need only go along the nearest church to hear the passion and power.
		The wooden drums and slit gongs of the islands were used during the missionary period to signal events, curfews and to call church goers to services.
		The conch shell trumpet is another frequently heard sound in the islands and is used to signal the arrival of a visiting party of fishermen.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /jwroberts/arts.html (939 words)

	The Department of History - Staff
		Her doctoral thesis 'Dancing from the Heart: Gender, Movement and Sociality in the Cook Islands' is based on 2 years fieldwork in the Cook Islands and New Zealand.
		It explores the significance of dance in the Cook Islands throughout colonial history and in its contemporary manifestations.
		Her research interests include expressive culture in particular dance and music in the Cook Islands and the Asia-Pacific region more generally, gender politics cross-culturally, colonialism and contemporary feminist thought.
	www.history.unimelb.edu.au /staff/alexeyeff.html (202 words)

	Cook Islands -
		Campbell was born in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific and is part Cook Island Maori.
		Orphaned as a young child, he was sent to Dunedin, NZ, and raised there in an orphanage from 1933,...
		1836), who was the son of Maretu I (1802-80), one of the first Christian converts (in 1823) on Rarotonga, the main island in the Cook Islands in the...
	famous.adoption.com /famous/index-cook-islands.html (178 words)

	History of the Cook Islands
		Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888.
		By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965 residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand.
		The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems.
	infotut.com /geography/Cook-Islands (51 words)

	Island Craft - Books & Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Island Craft Ltd offer a range of locally written factual and fictional books.
		They range from Cook Islands Dictionary, customs and cultures of the South Pacific, cook books, childrens story books, history books, natural heritage books and many more.
		Island Craft Ltd also offer a variety of local beats including the harmonic voices of the Cook Islands Christian Church mamas and papas, Rarotongan drum beats and local bands and soothing South Pacific rythmic sounds.
	www.islandcraft.com /musicBooks.htm (82 words)

	Trader Jacks Bar and Grill Cook Islands \| Rarotonga \| Cook Islands \| A taste of the Cook Islands
		Cyclone Meena weaved its way through the Cook Islands veering off only miles from the main island of Rarotonga [MEENA TRACKING MAP].
		The northern and eastern coasts of the mainland were the worst hit, with Avarua Harbour suffering the bulk of the destructive force of the high seas early in the morning of the 6th of February 2005.
		Although Trader Jacks suffered greatly over this weekend, the Cook Islands got off relatively lightly: at one stage when the intensifying Force 5 Hurricane was threatening to pass almost directly overhead of Rarotonga at high tide on the Sunday morning, predictions were of greater devastation than in Hurricane Sally.
	www.traderjackscookislands.com /meena.htm (165 words)

	Cook Islands News
		Cook Islands News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		A STINT in jail is not a palatable prospect for Michael Harvey and Gerard McManus, the Herald Sun political journalists who are facing contempt charges for refusing to disclose their sources.
		The clean-up operation is underway on the Cook Islands, after the chain was side-swiped by Cyclone Meena.
	www.topix.net /world/cook-islands (589 words)

	ANTHRO 308 Music of the Pacific Library Resources - Arts Information Services - LEARN - The University of Auckland
		N.B. Most recordings or Maori and Pacific music at the University of Auckland are held in the Archive of Maori and Pacific Music and not listed on Voyager.
		Taylor, C.R.H. A bibliography of publications on the New Zealand Maori and the Moriori of the Chatham Islands.
		Music Archive for the Pacific Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia.
	www.library.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/anthro/course-pages/105308.htm (2297 words)

	biology - Cook Islands
		The 15 small islands in this South Pacific Ocean archipelago have a total land area of only 240 square kilometres.
		The capital is Avarua, on the north side of Rarotonga, the biggest island at 31 km by coastal road.
		A popular art form on the islands is tivaevae, often likened to quilting.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Ck (209 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Cook Islands
		the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles where most of the populace lives
		self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense, in consultation with the Cook Islands
		Like many other South Pacific island nations, the Cook Islands' economic development is hindered by the isolation of the country from foreign markets, the limited size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/cw.html (823 words)

	Boston.com / Travel / The Cook Islands
		Most flights arrive in the middle of the night, making for a surreal introduction to the country, as island icon Jake Numanga serenades the day's dazed arrivals on ukulele.
		This is the place to learn about traditional Cook Islands clothing, food, music, and medicine.
		Here's your chance to pick up the internationally prized Cook Islands stamps, cool triangular coins, and rare $3 bills.
	www.boston.com /travel/articles/2003/12/07/the_cook_islands?mode=PF (383 words)

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