Themusic ofFrench Polynesia came to the forefront of theworld music scene in 1992, with the release ofThe Tahitian Choir's recordings of unaccompanied vocal Christian music calledhimene tārava, recorded by French musicologistPascal Nabet-Meyer. This form of singing is common in French Polynesia and theCook Islands, and is distinguished by a unique drop in pitch at the end of the phrases, which is a characteristic formed by several different voices; it is also accompanied by steady grunting of staccato, nonsensical syllables.
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