Tsay Chung-han, a former legislator and the director of the Taiwan Indigenous Professor Society, regularly visits the islands of the Pacific on cultural missions. He notes that the region has been holding the Pacific Games, sometimes referred to as the “ mini Olympics, ” every four years for nearly 50 years. The games, which stress fun and camaraderie, are like a Pacific islands version of Carnival.
經常在太平洋島國做文化參訪的前立委、也是台灣原住民教授學會理事長蔡中涵就觀察，當地超過 47 年歷史、每 4 年輪流舉辦的「太平洋競賽」（又稱「小奧林匹克」），著重在趣味性與凝聚情誼，宛如南島民族的嘉年華會。