{"id":21940,"date":"2022-08-03T18:17:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21940"},"modified":"2022-08-03T18:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:21:00","slug":"danses-tokelau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/dances-tokelau\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokelauan Dances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21940\" class=\"elementor elementor-21940\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e6a605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e6a605\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea3df28\" data-id=\"ea3df28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb9d74 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0eb9d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Tokelau Mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c72e1ec\" data-id=\"c72e1ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31be57 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a31be57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/nzetc.victoria.ac.nz\/tm\/scholarly\/tei-MacToke-t1-body-d1-d6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4418474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4418474\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7288f4e\" data-id=\"7288f4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f10d698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f10d698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We remember very few dances <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/\">Tokelau<\/a>. Their representation was banned by the first missionaries, and they were quickly forgotten. Modern dances consist mainly of gestures interpreting the words of the accompanying song and retain little of the ancient form.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Tokelauan dances\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3d9103 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3d9103\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2172b39\" data-id=\"2172b39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf6f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdf6f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/dances-tokelau\/#Les-danses-Tokelau\" >Tokelauan dances<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Les-danses-Tokelau\"><\/span>Tokelauan dances<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa81050 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa81050\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a72f653\" data-id=\"a72f653\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a402ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a402ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They are usually held in the evening in the meeting house and are accompanied by a drummer beating on a box or roll of mats and a group of singers behind the dance line. A group of 8 or 12 dancers, male or female, sit on the floor in rows of 4. Shortly after the song begins, they stand up and do their moves in unison, joining in with the song .\u00a0<\/p><p>The dances are alternated between two groups at the ends of the house. According to Burrows, this dance style is similar to that of the Ellice Islands and a type of dance in Samoa. Modern Samoan siva is often played in Tokelau.<\/p><p>During the field visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/\">Atafu<\/a>, an exhibition of ancient dances was given, accompanied by the singing of the performers. The dancers stood side by side in a single line throughout the dance. They moved 1 or 2, sometimes 3 steps; but the main movements were done with their arms or their canoe paddles (foe), used in some dances in place of the old dance paddles (paki). The exhibition was led by a woman who had learned the songs and movements from her father.<\/p><p>A second form of Tokelau dances was performed by a group of women to celebrate a victorious cricket match. The dancers formed single file, standing close together, and paraded around the cricket field with short, light steps, stopping regularly to sway in unison or to make an arm swing or a gesture with the leaves held in their hands. They kept time by tapping their open hands with these leaves.\u00a0<\/p><p>All movements were led by the first woman in line. Several times she did spiral figures in which she placed herself in the center of the circulating dancers and then unrolled the figure by turning and dancing between the converging lines. Burrows and Lister witnessed similar performances of this ancient dance at Fakaofu.\u00a0<\/p><p>Lister saw men dancing, accompanied by women beating time and singing.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Burrows saw women dancing, keeping the beat by beating a piece of wood with an open hand, but not singing. Wilkes describes a similar trigger dance performed at Nonuti in the Gilbert Islands.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythology Tokelau Wiki Very few Tokelau dances are remembered. 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