| Location: | Torres Strait; Fiji |
| Subject: | Music; dance |
| Length: | 56 minutes |
| Format: | 1/2-inch VHS |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1995 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Bill Leimbach |
| Producer: | Hugh Rule |
| Distributor: | Beyond Distribution |
| Library Code: | Department of Education Tasmania, Library and Information Centre |
| Description: | A celebration of some of the richest musical cultures in the world and a fabulous journey through many of the "exotic" regions straddling the Equator. David Fanshawe, ethno-music collector, travels to the Torres Strait Islands, Laos, Thailand, India, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Senegal, Cuba, Bolivia and Fiji, exploring this amazing "library" of music, songs, dances and instruments. Explores the way music has developed in each country including how climate, geography and raw materials effect musical instruments and how war, trade, colonialism and missionaries impact traditional music and cultures. |
| Record No: | 2188 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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