Culture
The Melanaisna Arts and Crafts Festival was held for the first time in Honaria in 1998 when five Melanaisan Countries participated.
In 1974, Polynesian Dances of Bellona (Mungiki), which included suahongi form, forbidden to be performed by the Christian missionaries, was revived and recorded in Honiara. Suahongi is performed at the conclusion of the ritual of sharing in a ceremony called manga’e, (performed by men) of the surplus harvest of fishing and garden crops. The dance is performed to songs which are in the form of “feature call and response, speech–song” and highly rhythmic; music notes included the short history of the island of Bellona.
However, the present rage in dancing style among the youth of the Islands, in Honiara also, is the “freestyle dancing” which has become integral to the night life and entertainment scene. These dance forms with no resemblance to the traditional dance forms of Solomon Island, are copied from the 'You Got Served', 'Step Up 1 and 2' and 'Stomp the Yard'. Panpipe performances are held at the Mendana Hotel in Honiara every week. The famous Panpipe band is the Narasirato from Are’are in south Maleta. The Mao dancers from Kawara’ae, the Wasi Ka Nanara Pan Pipers, Tamure dancing and Batikama Adventist bamboo band are other well known groups. Gilbertese dancing is also popular along with Panpipe music groups. Most of these dances are performed in many leading hotels of Honiara.
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