Footage of Fijians greeting tourists with a meke dance made its way to social media. A meke dance is a spiritual folk dance that combines movement and storytelling through song.

Jope Kalou (right) and other Fijian dancers perform a "meke" dance at Union Square in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The performances by the Kabu ni Vanua dancers are ahead of ...

This wasn’t my first meke --the name for a Fiji village meet-and-greet celebration that inevitably involves song, dance, food. And kava. The making and sharing of kava typically begins the meke.

Your complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast will be waiting for you daily from 7am to 10 am. Video 7: Watch the Meke Dance Performance at Likuliku on Malolo Island, Fiji ...

The men’s meke exploded into life. Dancers wielded sticks and mock war-axes, their movements fierce yet graceful, echoing the old Meke Wesi, a dance once used to prepare warriors for battle.

In a meke dance, the vakatara (or orchestra) beat sticks, bamboo tubes and gongs to create the music, while the daunivucu leads the performance with the matana or dancers following along. The ...