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Clip description
Islanders play cricket as the narrator (Jerry W Leach) explains the local customs of the game. One team gets an opposing player out then performs the 'PK’ chant, then an exit dance.
Curator’s notes
Some elements of traditional dance are incorporated into the cricket dances. Dances and chants draw on recent events and commonplace things for their themes. The Scarlet Reds (one of the Trobriand teams) are playing and always use their PK dance when they catch a ball (or force an out). This dance relates the sure-handedness of the fielders to the stickiness of chewing gum. The opposing team is called ‘The Airplane’. The score is kept by using a coconut tree frond.
