May 21, 2014
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OceaniaVision
Forget about EuroVision. How about a music competition in the South Seas, in islands like Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Solomons, and Papua. I mean, when is the last time you gave any thought at all to Vanuatu?
In 2002 Vanessa Quai's song Freedom topped the radio charts in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, and it ranked second on the charts in Papua New Guinea. This is my favorite song. She was fourteen.
Vanessa Quai was born July 13, 1988 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. In 1999, she was one of 3000 competitors at the South Pacific International Song contest in Queensland, where she won third prize in the Gospel Category. Later that same year, she took first prize at the Nile International Children Song Contest in Cairo, Egypt. In 2004, she won first prize at the International Teenagers Singing Competition in Bucharest, Romania. Her music is reportedly popular in French Polynesia, and in 2008 she became the first Melanesian singer to tour Tahiti. She sings in many languages, including French, Tok Pisin, and Motu. Quai’s mother is Fijian, and she also sings in Fijian.
There are more than 800 languages in Papua New Guinea (PNG). You want diversity? Do you like diverse rock-n-roll? Be sure to watch the middle part of this harrowing video.
Comments (8)
OOOooooh.
you all right?
Of all the ethnicities, Melanesians are closest to the Denisovans. Right? I read that five per cent of Melanesian DNA is Denisovan.
Don't know too much on that though.
I tried that link and got something completely different. I mean different from anything I've ever seen. Thanks for expanding my life experience. Your are one worldly fellow!
Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia -- each has its own music idiom. And somehow they all sound like Bob Marley (another island fellow).
I'd never say it out loud, but I am partial to music videos that feature a woman's bare breasts, even if I can't understand the words.
So many cultures, such diversity -- some PNG cultures are brainy & serene, others are cannibals. Try a youtube search on "PNG music"
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