Corbans Estate trip

Hello bloggers. Yesterday on the 13th of November we went to the Corbans Art Estate for a school trip. It was in Henderson. We went there because we wanted to learn more about the Pacific Islands and Pacific Ocean. 

Here is what we did. 

First I learnt how to say hello in Pacific languages. 

We did three things. One was drumming, another one was making flower necklaces called leis, and another was dancing. My favourite part was drumming because I have never drummed before.

First we got to know which drum was which. There were two kinds of drums - long drums and skin drums. I got to play the long drum. Then we got to know the pattern we needed to play. We then  started to play the drums. When other people started to play, I clapped to the same pattern. Then when all the kids were finished, we finished the workshop and went to next one.

I also learnt that drums weren't for fun and were used for important messages in the kingdom of Tonga. But now they are for entertainment and fun. We also learnt how to make leis. It was a 

1-0-1 basic way to make flower necklaces and then you could make any kind of lei. We also learnt how to hula hula.. This is the Hawaiian way to say dance.

Here is a photo we took.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this. Blog ya later!