Fijian meke
Summary
Meke is an iTaukei Fijian art in which sung poetry, movement and communal music create a coherent performance. It can tell histories, honour relationships, convey memory and express social identity. A definition as dance alone leaves out the singers and the poetic knowledge that guide what audiences see. The broad name covers local forms and different configurations of performers. Its significance lies in how a community gives a story sound and bodily presence, not simply in a recognisable costume or a dramatic gesture presented to visitors. [1]
Contemporary and trending
It continues in community celebrations, schools, cultural programmes and presentations for visitors. Public stages and resort settings provide one economy of performance, while village occasions give different relationships and purposes. New work can be composed and taught alongside inherited repertoires. The musical knowledge resides in singers, composers and teachers as well as dancers. Contemporary vitality should therefore include rehearsal, language and collective participation, rather than asking only whether meke is a current recording-market trend. Visitor familiarity is useful but does not measure the depth of local practice. [2]
History
Meke developed within the oral, ceremonial and social worlds of Indigenous Fijian communities before Christianity, and continued through religious, colonial and postcolonial change. Different places maintained their own compositions and performance knowledge. Mission hymnody and later popular music added major strands to Fiji’s musical life without making meke disappear. Cultural display and tourism later created new audiences and formats. This is a history of local creativity responding to changing circumstances, not merely a pre-contact relic surviving on stage. Language, composition and community memory remain fundamental to its continuity.
Musical characteristics
Singers and percussionists support the visible performers, and the relationship among vocal parts provides a distinctive musical texture. Fiji Museum’s documentation describes a principal melodic line with upper and bass relationships, including close intervals and short melodic movement. Clapping, bamboo stamping tubes and slit-drum resources can contribute in different settings. Standing, seated and other forms organise gesture differently. The vocal group is not just background sound: it carries the words, pulse and dramatic direction. Listen through an entire sequence to hear how changes of stanza and energy coordinate the presentation. [3]
Geography and communities
The Fijian island network forms a shared landscape of community knowledge, with important distinctions among local histories and languages. Viti Levu, Vanua Levu and connected eastern islands should be visible beyond Suva’s and resort areas’ public stages. A broad field covering the main island world, with an eastern continuation, expresses those links. A lighter Auckland diaspora field recognises sustained cultural teaching. The map does not imply that all Fiji’s communities have one heritage or that Indo-Fijian musical histories are interchangeable with meke; their relationships deserve their own articles.
Artists
Community ensembles, their composers and knowledgeable leaders are the most appropriate artist gateways. Fiji Museum’s documented recordings provide specific group and locality credits that let listeners move beyond anonymous staged performance. A composer’s knowledge of text and movement is as important as the dancer’s public skill. Rather than impose a celebrity list, compare credited presentations from different communities and occasions. Notice the singers’ phrase shapes, how percussion supports them and how movement communicates the text. A professional cultural troupe offers one interpretation within a much wider field of custodians and participants.
Representative performances
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| traditional | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji Canada Dance Company | Meke — Surrey Fusion Festival, 2019 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QxG37hINYOc | The source credits Fiji Canada Dance Company at the festival in Surrey, British Columbia. This is a diaspora stage presentation of meke, a tradition joining sung or chanted text, rhythm and coordinated movement.[4] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. | false | false | false |
| Duavata Fiji Meke Dance Group | Meke at a Samoan–Fijian wedding in Samoa | https://www.youtube.com/embed/xmJ9KGsLu24 | The credited troupe presents meke in a wedding setting, providing a different social context from the festival performance. The recording documents a particular group and occasion rather than a uniform dance used everywhere in Fiji.[5] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. | false | false | false |
| Namuka-i-Lau vakamalolo performers | Vakamalolo ni Namuka-i-Lau - Meke ni Veibuli | Dolavi ni Bose ni Yasana o Lau 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/SkpH4aSJTOs | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Jovesa Waqavakatoga. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-14. Video publication: 2026-07-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[6] | traditional | unknown | 2026-07-14 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Jovesa Waqavakatoga. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-14. | false | false | false |
| Nukuleka, Tokalau, Kabara, Lau youth performers | Meke vakamalolo (Maraia).Performing by the Youths from Nukuleka, Tokalau, Kabara, Lau (Fiji). | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3fn4hcFTY24 | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Malakai Vuli. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[7] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Malakai Vuli. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Lau chiefly yaqona meke performers (individuals uncredited) | Fijian Yaqona Ceremony for Sau ni Vanua ko Lau meke only | https://www.youtube.com/embed/xwiW2PBorlg | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Gina Roach. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Gina Roach. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Vatoa, Lau youth performers | Meke ni tabagone Vatoa Lau 2025 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/VSnHvA0OdcA | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Repeka waqa Tagimuri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025. Video publication: 2025-11-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] | traditional | unknown | 2025 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Repeka waqa Tagimuri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025. | false | false | false |
| Namuka-i-Lau vakamalolo performers | Vakamalolo | Namuka-i-Lau 🔥🇫🇯 #HibiscusFestival2025 #BogiNiiTaukei | https://www.youtube.com/embed/k2QTbOQt4As | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Jovesa Waqavakatoga. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025. Video publication: 2025-09-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] | traditional | unknown | 2025 | live | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Jovesa Waqavakatoga. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025. | false | false | false |
| Komo vakamalolo performers | Meke, Vakamalolo (Komo) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zOrNzQBsMeg | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Malakai Vuli. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Malakai Vuli. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Yavusa Delaikorolevu, Levuka, Lakeba, Lau | Na meke ni Yaqona Vaturaga - Yavusa Delaikorolevu e Levuka mai Lakeba e na Bose Ni Yasana ko Lau | https://www.youtube.com/embed/lOTHZitQ6tM | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: jojo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-07-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: jojo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Bula Meke | FIJIAN ITEM by BULA MEKE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LY6X91TuG3M | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Nia Media 2. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Nia Media 2. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Fiji Parish Girls | Fiji Parish Girls Meke Seasea - Vasa & Kuli Ni Tabua | https://www.youtube.com/embed/qODAtcnAVpg | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: William Waqa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-10-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: William Waqa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Adi Cakobau School performers | ACS MEKE- Sa basi A (70th Anniversary) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAamfMtZVE8 | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: A Tora. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: A Tora. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Uncredited Fijian meke performers | Fiji Traditional Meke (Dance) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ofbxUYNfTnM | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Bula Bros. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-03-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Bula Bros. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Lei Entertainment Fiji Dance Group | Lei Entertainment Fiji Dance Group 2022 Abingdon Fiji day | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_avgRdE4pVM | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Rogosiano kevi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Video publication: 2022-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] | traditional | unknown | 2022 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Rogosiano kevi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. | false | false | false |
| Uncredited Fijian meke performers (37 Productions recording) | Nai Valu Levu | https://www.youtube.com/embed/31K9PzbX5mQ | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: 37 Productions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Timoci Nabulivou is the named composer; actual recording performers are not named, so do not assign the composer as the vocalist. Video publication: 2022-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: 37 Productions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Timoci Nabulivou is the named composer; actual recording performers are not named, so do not assign the composer as the vocalist. | false | false | false |
| CATD-Nadave 2020 graduates | Fijian Meke Iri by the CATD-Nadave 2020 Graduates | https://www.youtube.com/embed/m73NIyEQFyI | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Nukuvuka. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-02-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Nukuvuka. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Te Mana Performing Arts | Yaqona Vakaturaga - Lakeba Lau - Fiji | https://www.youtube.com/embed/g_cJj3V-ZJg | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Te Mana Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-12-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Te Mana Performing Arts. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Vaturova meke performers | Warriors of Vaturova (Cakaudrove) Performing their Meke | https://www.youtube.com/embed/A3kG67cSqsI | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: ISLANDER_FJ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1983. Video publication: 2020-04-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] | traditional | unknown | 1983 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: ISLANDER_FJ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1983. | false | false | false |
| Marama Ni Wasawasa (Women of the Sea) | Meke (dance) - E ra sa voce yani ki cakau- MARAMA NI WASAWASA | https://www.youtube.com/embed/WfZ-tVKE1H8 | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Moonah Arts Centre MAC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-10-05. Actual Fijian Women of the Sea ensemble in a cross-community Tasmanian event; separate Māori/Aboriginal groups and event elders are not all credited as musicians in this particular meke. Video publication: 2019-02-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] | traditional | unknown | 2018-10-05 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Moonah Arts Centre MAC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-10-05. Actual Fijian Women of the Sea ensemble in a cross-community Tasmanian event; separate Māori/Aboriginal groups and event elders are not all credited as musicians in this particular meke. | false | false | false |
| Nanumi-Au Meke | Nanumi-Au Meke Pasifika Gold Coast 2017 (Seasea) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/KI1kGe6FrU8 | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Kolinio Samuta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017. Video publication: 2017-09-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] | traditional | unknown | 2017 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Kolinio Samuta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017. | false | false | false |
| Kumi village meke performers | Meke ni Koro Vakaturaga ko Kumi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/yl7VTgx-fQs | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Ministry of iTaukei Affairs. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Ministry of iTaukei Affairs. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Fijian ensemble at ABU International Dance Festival (individuals uncredited) | meke traditional dance, Fiji Island || IDF 2017 Hyderabad | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNuirXsc1QQ | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Shaktipada Kumar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017. Video publication: 2017-08-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] | traditional | unknown | 2017 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Shaktipada Kumar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017. | false | false | false |
| Vaturova meke performers | Vaturova elder perform spear meke | https://www.youtube.com/embed/YY12ZH9LxBY | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: josh newboyz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source mentions1954 history of Vaturova’s royal-visit meke; this is not sufficient evidence that the uploaded performance itself was recorded1954. Session date remains unknown. Video publication: 2017-06-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: josh newboyz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source mentions1954 history of Vaturova’s royal-visit meke; this is not sufficient evidence that the uploaded performance itself was recorded1954. Session date remains unknown. | false | false | false |
| Matavai Cultural Arts Fiji Girls Meke class | 2015 Matavai_Loaloa Tubu Veisau_Meke Seasea | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QCpGi4M_G5A | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Tine Mt. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015. Video publication: 2016-06-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] | traditional | unknown | 2015 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Tine Mt. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015. | false | false | false |
| Adi Cakobau School performers | Adi Cakobau School performs at Presidential Thanksgiving Service | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_zQC3Hfl2Y | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Fiji Sun Digital. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-10-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Fiji Sun Digital. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Narocivo, Rewa meke performers | Elder Hamula's Visit 2014 - Meke Wesi part 1 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/co7LHKzj09U | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Mormon Media Fiji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-09. Video publication: 2014-12-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[29] | traditional | unknown | 2014-09 | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: Mormon Media Fiji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-09. | false | false | false |
| VOU Fiji | meke iri | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ufU1lEk3PEM | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: VOU Fiji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-06-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[30] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: VOU Fiji. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Uncredited Fijian meke performers | Fijian Meke - Wesi/Vakamalolo | https://www.youtube.com/embed/sULsIBtRgY0 | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: viliratu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2009-04-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[31] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Fijian meke musical recording. Source: viliratu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Fijian Christian choral singing and popular guitar-based styles share people and cultural space with meke but have distinct musical histories. Sere is a broad song term, not a synonym that erases performance differences. Rotuman, Tongan and other neighbouring traditions have meaningful exchange with Fiji while retaining their own identities. Melanesian is a large geographic and historical label, not a genre explaining meke’s sound. The catalogue keeps this entry focused on the musical-poetic-performance complex, allowing links to its wider island context without flattening all Fijian music into one tradition.
References and further reading
- ↑ Fiji: Songs of Love and Homeland booklet, Smithsonian Folkways.
- ↑ Eight Unique Cultural Experiences — Tourism Fiji.
- ↑ Meke I: Songs Composed for Traditional iTaukei Dance — Fiji Museum and ICHCAP.
- ↑ Fiji Canada Dance Company — Meke — Surrey Fusion Festival, 2019. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ Duavata Fiji Meke Dance Group — Meke at a Samoan–Fijian wedding in Samoa. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ Vakamalolo ni Namuka-i-Lau - Meke ni Veibuli | Dolavi ni Bose ni Yasana o Lau 2026 .
- ↑ Meke vakamalolo (Maraia).Performing by the Youths from Nukuleka, Tokalau, Kabara, Lau (Fiji)..
- ↑ Fijian Yaqona Ceremony for Sau ni Vanua ko Lau meke only.
- ↑ Meke ni tabagone Vatoa Lau 2025.
- ↑ Vakamalolo | Namuka-i-Lau 🔥🇫🇯 #HibiscusFestival2025 #BogiNiiTaukei.
- ↑ Meke, Vakamalolo (Komo).
- ↑ Na meke ni Yaqona Vaturaga - Yavusa Delaikorolevu e Levuka mai Lakeba e na Bose Ni Yasana ko Lau.
- ↑ FIJIAN ITEM by BULA MEKE.
- ↑ Fiji Parish Girls Meke Seasea - Vasa & Kuli Ni Tabua.
- ↑ ACS MEKE- Sa basi A (70th Anniversary).
- ↑ Fiji Traditional Meke (Dance).
- ↑ Lei Entertainment Fiji Dance Group 2022 Abingdon Fiji day.
- ↑ Nai Valu Levu.
- ↑ Fijian Meke Iri by the CATD-Nadave 2020 Graduates.
- ↑ Yaqona Vakaturaga - Lakeba Lau - Fiji.
- ↑ Warriors of Vaturova (Cakaudrove) Performing their Meke.
- ↑ Meke (dance) - E ra sa voce yani ki cakau- MARAMA NI WASAWASA.
- ↑ Nanumi-Au Meke Pasifika Gold Coast 2017 (Seasea).
- ↑ Meke ni Koro Vakaturaga ko Kumi.
- ↑ meke traditional dance, Fiji Island || IDF 2017 Hyderabad.
- ↑ Vaturova elder perform spear meke.
- ↑ 2015 Matavai_Loaloa Tubu Veisau_Meke Seasea.
- ↑ Adi Cakobau School performs at Presidential Thanksgiving Service.
- ↑ Elder Hamula's Visit 2014 - Meke Wesi part 1.
- ↑ meke iri.
- ↑ Fijian Meke - Wesi/Vakamalolo.
Hotspot mushrooms
Meke belongs to an interconnected iTaukei island landscape, not just Suva and tourist venues. Main-island and eastern continuations plus a lighter durable diaspora field express shared practice while leaving local composition histories distinct.
These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fijian-meke-fiji | Main Fijian island meke communities | -17.4 | 178.5 | 650 | 1 | Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau and connected village networks. |
| fijian-meke-eastern-islands | Eastern Fijian island meke continuations | -18 | -179.5 | 470 | 0.68 | Connected eastern-island knowledge and performance, with local distinctions. |
| fijian-meke-auckland | Auckland-region Fijian diaspora cultural networks | -37 | 174.8 | 380 | 0.32 | Lighter durable community teaching and presentation beyond visiting shows. |