Ua Pou , July 2, 2022. Dance presentation for the village to go to Marquesas Art Festival 2022

The final presentation before the village in the Island Ua Pou. This is the dance group that Ua Pou will send to the Marquesan Art Festival 2022 in Fatu Hiva It is the almost complete performance 45 minutes, I omitted only some parts (8 minutes) We were so honored to be there. It was a complete hypnotizing experience. The drums, men and women were one sea of sound movement and power. Besides the performance, we heard in the end, this is also the youth that is doing a last performance for their elders. At least for some of them, they end school, go study in Tahiti only to come back years later. You could see the proud parents looking at their sons and daughters and the remembrance that they were dancing there one too. This was purely for their own village. I think we and some others where maybe less then 20 tourists. For people who want more, somebody on a Marquesan YouTube channel posted the final performance of Ua Pou during the art festival In Fatu Hiva 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2u62FMoa6o