melanesian in A Sentence

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In the center, more traditional Melanesian cultural systems dominate.

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Though geographically Melanesian, the music of Fiji is more Polynesian in character.

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Melanesian languages(predominantly of the Southeast Solomonic group) are spoken on the central islands.

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Traditional Melanesian music in Solomon Islands includes both group and solo vocals, slit-drum and panpipe ensembles.

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Despite Fiji being usually considered a Melanesian country just outside the Polynesian Triangle, its culture and politics are influenced by Polynesia.

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The belief in a mythical messianic figure named John Frum was the basis for an indigenous cargo cult(a movement attempting to obtain industrial goods through magic) promising Melanesian deliverance.

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In the Pacific, ritual circumcision is nearly universal in the Melanesian islands of Fiji and Vanuatu; participation in the traditional land diving on Pentecost Island is reserved for those who have been circumcised.

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