Flooded stage in Pacific women's lagoon story
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Courtesy of NZ Herald - 26.02.05
By Sarah MacLellan
Vula is directed by Nina Nawalowalo and takes a Fijian and Samoan perspective of a day in the life of a Pacific woman. With a touch of magic and a stage flooded with water, Vula recreates the traditional life of Pacific women working and playing in their lagoon.
"The water represents a lagoon which is the woman's domain. The lagoon is the woman's place. Women wash in it, they wash their clothes and they fish in the lagoon, while the reef is the male's domain," says Nawalowalo.
Image: Vula performers Fiona Collins, Tausili Mose, Kasaya Manulevu, Susana Lei'ataua and director Nina Nawalowalo.Courtesy of NZ Herald - 26.02.05
By Sarah MacLellan
Vula is directed by Nina Nawalowalo and takes a Fijian and Samoan perspective of a day in the life of a Pacific woman. With a touch of magic and a stage flooded with water, Vula recreates the traditional life of Pacific women working and playing in their lagoon.
"The water represents a lagoon which is the woman's domain. The lagoon is the woman's place. Women wash in it, they wash their clothes and they fish in the lagoon, while the reef is the male's domain," says Nawalowalo.
Image: Vula performers Fiona Collins, Tausili Mose, Kasaya Manulevu, Susana Lei'ataua and director Nina Nawalowalo.