Ifoga
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Ifoga | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 27 July 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Last Date | 27 July 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description | The twin concepts of ifoga ['to bow', the traditional Samoan practice of a ritualised formal offer of apology] and ie`toga [weaving, binding together of kin through generations, and of people to the earth] were used to explore issues of violence, restorative justice and social cohesion. Review NZ Listener 1/9/2001. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Music Theatre | |||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Opera
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| Subjects |
Culture
Ifoga ie'toga Migration Reconciliation Samoa Violence |
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| Further Information | commissioned by Christchurch Arts Festival. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||
| Data Set | Theatre Aotearoa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 188267 | |||||||||||||||||||
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