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Melanesian Arts Festival

We wore our meri blouses And on stilts built our houses… We carried our bilums so beautiful And custom dressings so very colourful. We wore our island dresses And displayed our art in richness… We played our native string-band And drew creative designs on sand. We wore our dark sulus And brown costumes not too loose… We had high standards of fashion sense And portrayed our crafts so immense. We wore our shell necklaces And a smile on our pretty faces… We proudly exhibited our pan-piping And were famous for our musical singing. We wore our Caledonian dresses And straw hats with leaves of freshness… We spoke in our native francophone And laid out our valuable money in stone. So much vast diversity in culture And numerous traditions needing nurture… So much customs unique in many ways Being revived and exposed these 14 days. Though we were faced with many challenges We have overcome for much further voyages… PNG, Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon & New Caledonia – Still one and still celebrating the values and spirit of our Melanesia.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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