USP Open Day 2022. Rabi Islanders (Banabans)
Every year, the University of the South Pacific (USP) at its Laucala Bay campus in Suva hosts an annual Open Day where school students from around the country with an interest in furthering their education at the university level visit the USP and are given guided tours. The highlight of the day happens around 2pm with students from various Pacific nations performing dance routines from their respective nation's traditions. Although the performances were still limited after Covid, the students from Rabi Island (Banabans) were captivating. A little bit of history: Banaba, also called Ocean Island, is a small island located 250 miles west of the Gilbert Islands, part of Kiribati. Due to the over-mining of phosphate in Banaba, the British relocated the islanders (known as Banabans) to Rabi Island in the Fiji Island group shortly after World War Two. Their traditional songs and dances often reflect thsi displacement.
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Mauri!!! I'm so grateful to see that our cultural dance was still preserved by our new generation from the Banaban USP students..thax for the vlogs
@ThePaleBlueDot
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I’m looking forward to seeing any upcoming performances by these talented dancers.
Love you Rambo boningai raomi Tekeraoi god bless
Hello and thank you for sharing these vlogs ,love it
@ThePaleBlueDot
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Pamela. Glad you enjoyed them as much as I did when I saw the whole show live. It was such rich entertainment. 😃😃
all having so much fun. Would like to know what they are singing.
@ThePaleBlueDot
11 ай бұрын
I remember someone telling me but, honestly, I’ve forgotten! 😂
USP bon Ami Ana tanka ni bay Kiribati are Temauri Teraoi ao Tetabemoa god bless
@ThePaleBlueDot
Жыл бұрын
Great performance from them!
my Love 💘💘💘
The girl on the right can really dance!
@ThePaleBlueDot
Жыл бұрын
She sure can! 😂
@Lagolop
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePaleBlueDot She moves around the stage but I think you know the one I am speaking of.
@ThePaleBlueDot
Жыл бұрын
@@Lagolop 😁😆😅
Woohhh love it
@ThePaleBlueDot
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! 😃👍🏽🙌🏽🇫🇯
Are they fijians
@ThePaleBlueDot
3 ай бұрын
They are ethnically Micronesian but were displaced to Fiji some time after the Secind World War.
Nice but te choir gang riki toutana