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HAPPY HANDS THAT CLAP IN MERRY UNISON
| Women of all ages take part in these communal dances, and an inspection of the faces in these laughing lines of bright-clothed merrymakers shows a widely varying range of types. In the background is the elaborate carving of a porch and doorway with which the Maori delights to deck his home, though there is a tendency for villages to wear a more prosaic look as time goes on |
SYMPHONY OF ARMS IN A PERFORMANCE OF THE SIVA DANCE
| Three young girls are performing an intricate figure of the Siva, said to be one of the most attractive of Polynesian dances. Seated cross-legged on a square of matting, they make all their movements with the arms and upper part of the body; now and then they will sing some pleasant-sounding old melody, for song with the Samoans usually goes hand-in-hand with the dance |