Fiji

Trip to Fiji was a dream and I'll share more later. For now enjoy the photos, music. and The Cause (See Below!)

Rabi children do diaspera dance

The Mp3's I have posted, "Rabi Kids" and "Recovering Cikobia" are apart of my Sonic Nomad Project as stated in my profile page and the first entry. It is my hope that people will enjoy them and download them so that I can in turn give these financial gifts to The Tui Tai Charitable fund. The Tui Tai was the cruise boat that I was on that delivered needed supplies to the Island of Cikobia after a devastating hurricane hit it in December of 2007. 

Here's what the Tui Tai staff say about their work:

Because Tui Tai regularly visits remote islands not frequented by any other ships, the company recognized that it could offer important assistance and contributions to the well-being of villagers living far from population centers. The Tui Tai Charitable Fund was established because our passengers wanted to make contributions to assist people they'd seen during their visits. In the last year, the Tui Tai Charitable Fund has provided medical support, advanced education, student housing, community development, building repair, new construction, delivery of important medicines, and emergency transportation.

Rabi Kids

The first song, "Rabi Kids" (right) is just a uplifting funky island house song utilizing vocal samples from Banaban children who in a dance interpret their forced diaspora at the hands of the Japanese Navy and their relatively recent settlement on the Fijian Island of Rabi.

"Recovering Cikobia" (below) is something different. It's an experiment in composition just using samples of the sounds from an environment or interviews. The first part of the song emerges from an interview with some locals talking about the effects of the hurricane. The second part is sounds of a Kava ceremony with some of the villages men relaxing after a day of fishing and rebuilding homes. As it's a fresh experiment for me it's probably not finished, but I hope you'll at least find it interesting and at most inspiring.

Recovering Cikobia

Please enjoy them and if they inspire you at all, at least through their intentions, then go to the "support my travels" tab in the upper right of the blog entry and give something. Nothing is too small or too large. If you do donate send me a message (link upper right under photo) telling me how much you're donating and that it's for the Recovery effort or the Rabi people or both so I can properly allocate the funds.

*NOTE: It appears that the tracks are not downloadable from this travelpod blog. So I'll find another way either through my website, http://www.sonicbridges.com or some other host in the coming months. For the time being send me your email or email me directly at astro@sonicbridges.com and I'll send you the track or tracks.

diaspora dance

On behalf of the island inhabitants and me...Thank You,

Link to the Tui Tai's website where you can also donate directly to their work in the islands: http://www.tuitai.com/tuitaicharitablefund.cfm

Peter and Me carrying water to Cikobia

Talking with local about disaster relief

Cikobia home blown away

water delivery

cikobia meeting house

cikobia school disaster

flight to Savu Savu

First scuba (discovery dive)

mate john

on Rabi all men must where sarong

Rabi play

Rabi, Tui Tai in distance

Rabi sunset

Tui Tai staff volleyball tourny

dining area on tui tai

Savusavu

Suzy and dogs

from suzy and peters

snorkeling wtih dogs