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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1968Vol. 39, No. 12

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pp. 1-9 · Read in the full issue

Pacific Islands Monthly

Registered at C.P.0., Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper.

December, 1968

News Magazine Of The South Pacific

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Hula dancing with swaying hips, Hollywood style, is not as popular in the South Seas as most people think. In the main Polynesian groups the dancers are just as likely to dance sitting down, making use only of rhythmic arm and hand patterns. A Qan tas photographer photo graphed these Tongan dancers in Nukualofa.