Introduction:
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,56440+1+55062,00.html
Map:
http://www.earth.nwu.edu/people/emile/map.nauru.gif
Pictures:
http://www.royall.co.uk/rik/page5.htm
http://ctp.murdoch.edu.au/~hopehume/image/naur1.jpg
http://ctp.murdoch.edu.au/~hopehume/image/bunker.jpg
http://www.micronesia-center.com/images/pinnacle.jpg
http://www.micronesia-center.com/images/mined.jpg
http://www.micronesia-center.com/images/anibare.jpg
http://www.micronesia-center.com/images/lasttree.jpg
Music and Dance Pictures:
http://ctp.murdoch.edu.au/~hopehume/image/naur3.jpg
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/nauru/about_destin/about_8.jpg
http://members.nbci.com/janeresture/nauru/
Music and Dance Information:
A brief mention in the opening paragraph about dance:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/nauru/culture.htm
Critique of Websites found:
As you can see, I found almost nothing pertaining to music and dance on
Nauru. The majority of
the Nauru websites (and there are not many Nauru websites that I could find)
I located
discussed the heavily mined phosphate deposits the island once possessed,
and the somewhat
bleak future for the remaining islanders once this rich resource is fully
depleted. There is some
mention about offshore banking, which apparently is very common on the island,
second in
number only to the Cayman Islands. The general consensus among the travel
websites I visited
was that Nauru has not yet developed a tourism industry, and visiting the
country is, sadly
enough, not considered worthwhile. A couple sites also mentioned that Nauru
had been
"stripped" of its traditional culture when occupied by various
European countries and Japan.
One site in particular noted that the Germans banned the natives from dancing.
Thus, there is
apparently not a lot of traditional cultural preservation. I don?t know
how accurate these
descript
ions are, but I found enough of them that I wanted to mention it.
Copyright/Source:
Source: Melissa Wu