Traditions of Oceania
Haka and hangi, Dreamtime and corroboree, kava, tapa and the umu oven. 58 traditions on EveryParampara so far.
Countries
🇦🇺 Australia 84🇫🇯 Fiji 17🇰🇮 Kiribati 1🇲🇠Marshall Islands 0🇫🇲 Micronesia 1🇳🇷 Nauru 1🇳🇿 New Zealand 44🇵🇼 Palau 1🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 9🇼🇸 Samoa 11🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 3🇹🇴 Tonga 8🇹🇻 Tuvalu 3🇻🇺 Vanuatu 4
Cities and towns
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🇵🇬 Trobriand Islands, Papua New GuineaTrobriand cricket
Cricket as played in the Trobriand Islands, with chants, dances and a feastGame
🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaAustralian rules football
A fast, high-scoring code of football with 18 players a side, first played in MelbourneGame
🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia and 5 moreSurf lifesaving
A volunteer beach rescue and ocean sports tradition originating on Australian coasts.Game
🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaBoxing Day Test
Cricket's annual Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting each 26 DecemberGame
🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaAustralian rules football
A fast, high-scoring code of football with 18 players a side, first played in MelbourneGame
🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia and 5 moreSurf lifesaving
A volunteer beach rescue and ocean sports tradition originating on Australian coasts.Game
🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaBoxing Day Test
Cricket's annual Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting each 26 DecemberGame
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Australian rules football: Tom Reynolds, CC BY 2.0, source
- Surf lifesaving: User:Celcom, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Boxing Day Test: Flickr user, mugley, CC BY-SA 2.0, source