Ba alokha khou ana fa'a mate…ae…fa'a…ma…te…ae-he…ao…a…Ba…ya ugo anata jilona allele-lele—oh, death…, only you that has never been bored of haunting.

It started with a man in a stage corner playing stone music. As picture recordings illustrated the screen on stage, four Falluaya dancers appeared, stamping their feet and circling with synchronized vocal music accompaniment. The Mentawai wa