This album reflects the music heard in Papeete in the 1950's -- dances and chants of Tahiti and the outer islands of French Polynesia.
The instruments used were guitars, ukuleles, steel guitar, accordion, mouth organ, bass and a variety of native drums like the toere -- a hollow wood block hand carved from the Tamanu tree -- and the pahu, a big bass drum shaped like a conga drum.
In a country where everyone is a musician there is no shortage of talent, and the vocalists and instrumentalists in this album are both authentic and enjoyable.
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