Tenth Festival of Pacific Arts – guests welcomed with traditional ava ceremony and mats
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Pago Pago, American Samoa, Tuesday 22 July 2008 – Both men and women, young and old played their respective roles in the official welcome ceremony for delegates to the Tenth Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa yesterday morning.
Council of Pacific Arts meets in American Samoa
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday 2 April 2008 – The 21st meeting of the Council of Pacific Arts, which oversees preparations for the Festival of Pacific Arts, is being held in Pago Pago, American Samoa, from 31 March to 2 April 2008.
23/10/07 - Fiji to participate at the
10th Festival of Pacific Arts
Cabinet has approved Fiji’s participation at the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in American Samoa from the 23rd July to 2nd August 2008.
05/09/07 - Guarding the Pacific’s cultural heritage
Countries with traditional communities of people have found that conventional forms of intellectual property like trademark, copyright and patents have not been designed to capture the special characteristics of their traditional knowledge systems, says Gail Olsson, Trade Policy Consultant based at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS).
16/8/07 - Arts Festival Takes Shape
The countdown to the region's largest traditional and contemporary cultural event, the Festival of Pacific Arts, has begun. |
