Festival of the Pacific Arts 2016 - Guam — Coconet:
Click above and check out the biggest gathering of Pacific artists in the world - the Festival of the Pacific Arts 2016! 27 different Islands from Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia have come together in a sharing of knowledge and Taonga from their counties. Local Chamorro are hosting the different delegations at high schools around the Island that have been converted into dorms for the 100 strong delegations. Hundreds of different artist feature across all art forms until June 2nd - from visual arts, digital arts, floral, food, traditional dance, contemporary performance, body adornment, theatre, tatau and clay work.
Images courtesy of Lisa Taouma and Steve Hardy.
Sadly I'm not on Guam - I'm in Suva. But our good colleague Revd Dr Upolu Luma Va'ai who's on Faculty here at PTC and a minister of the Methodist Church Samoa is there giving a paper on indigenous language. We look forward to lots of stories when he's back home.
And speaking of homecomings....
Looking forward to preaching and presiding at Wesley City Mission at 8.00am tomorrow and then taking the short walk up the road to St Andrew's Presbyterian to preach at their 10.00am at the kind invitation of their minister Rev Nikotemo Sopepa.
In his other life, Rev Niko is pursuing a PhD part-time at PTC and his study adjoins our PTCEE offices.
We like to think that large doses of mutual inspiration seep through the walls.
We like to think that large doses of mutual inspiration seep through the walls.
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