Tukituki ten`ten`, by an unknown composer

Item — crate: R043838626, Reel: 5000027018399

Identifier: AMPS 2023/01. Series 2. Item 2/56

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Moe moe te etu | Moe moe te marama"

Dates

1967-11-19

Creator

From the Collection: McLean, Mervyn (1930-2022) (Person)
From the Collection: Mokotupu, Tepaki (Person)
From the Collection: Naku, Simona (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

A game song. Each island had 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 is to avoid getting the marked shell.