Tukituki ten'ten'

Performer(s):

Young singers from Mauke; George KOTEKA (lead)

First lines from recording:

Moe moe te etu Moe moe te marama

Date Recorded: 19 Nov 1967

Location: Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands

Accession Number: 83/148.08

Notes:

Composer unknown. A game song. Each island has its own song for this game. The game is played by children with coconut shells which are passed clockwise around a circle. One shell is marked with a hole. The person holding this shell when the song stops has to dance. The object of the game is to avoid getting the marked shell.

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