I had really been looking forward to see and hear them. These pan pipers performed last week at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel in Honiara. They were a spectacular sight with their traditional outfits with shell ornaments and bamboo pan pipes.
Pan pipers are from Malaita, one of the provinces of Solomon Islands. I expected very traditional music and custom dancing. I was amused to see the troupe leader using a microphone ...
To my surprise some of the music pieces were affected by contemporary influences indeed: some were accompanied by modern electronic background music, and moreover some of the sang pieces even had lyrics in English. One of the titles was "tears of the islands"!
A fascinating and very enjoyable evening!
I had really been looking forward to see and hear them. These pan pipers performed last week at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel in Honiara. They were a spectacular sight with their traditional outfits with shell ornaments and bamboo pan pipes.
Pan pipers are from Malaita, one of the provinces of Solomon Islands. I expected very traditional music and custom dancing. I was amused to see the troupe leader using a microphone ...
A fascinating and very enjoyable evening!
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