Festival of Pacific Arts
festival pacific art culture festpac also known pacific art festival travelling festival hosted every four year oceania conceived pacific community mean stem erosion traditional cultural practice sharing exchanging culture festival major theme festival traditional song dance pacific cultural council former pacific art council council pacific art originally south pacific art festival council selects host country recognises participating country desire opportunity showcase unique indigenous culture hosting festival host selection based principle equity preference given country yet hosted festival host country pay participant cost local travel accommodation meal form hospitality entry artistic event free public thereby maximising cultural outreach inclusion vastness pacific ocean inhibits social cultural interchange inhabitant mostly island country festival competition cultural exchange reunites people reinforces regional identity mutual appreciation pacificwide culture participating country select artistdelegates represent nation crossroad culture considered great honour th festival pacific art hosted american samoa july august artist attended festival pacific art participating country american samoa australia cook island easter island federated state micronesia fiji french polynesia guam hawaii kiribati marshall island nauru new caledonia new zealand niue norfolk island northern mariana island palau papua new guinea pitcairn island samoa solomon island tokelau tonga tuvalu vanuatu wallis futuna taiwan allowed send delegation performer artist taiwanese aborigine festival pacific art first time doreen kuper chair festival pacific art held honiara festival attracted audience people performer twentyfour country taking part time chair kuper led call repatriation art artefact solomon island nonpacific country th festival pacific art culture convened hawaii june ho‘oulu lāhui regenerating oceania served theme festpac hawaiʻi honouring tradition festpac exists perpetuate eye toward future hawaii state legislature appointed temporary commission oversee planning implementation festpac hawaii nine member appointed governor state lawmaker official represented culture spirit heart hawaiʻi many experienced power festpac first hand year austronesian people pasifika festival annual oneday polynesian festival month march attracting auckland new zealand bernice p bishop museum honolulu house world largest collection polynesian artifact also known hawaiʻi state museum natural cultural history pacific island melanesia micronesia polynesia grouping synopsis artist hawaii link hawaiian artist category list hawaiian cultural topic link hawaiian culture category new zealand artist link new zealand artist category hawaiian renaissance history indigenous australian history pacific island festival pacific art web site redirects current host site pacific art association website independent association devoted study art oceania pacific art alliance host first artist forum th festival pacific art pacific community web site organizational support information frommers event guide takeuchi floyd pasefika festival pacific art self p isbn guam festival pacific art website archived wayback machine