Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Dance and music===
{{Main|Music of Tuvalu}}

[[File:Dancer, Tuvalu stage, 2011 Pasifika festival.jpg|thumb|upright|A Tuvaluan dancer at Auckland's [[Pasifika Festival]]]]

The traditional music of Tuvalu consists of a number of dances, including ''[[fakaseasea]]'', ''[[fakanau]]'' and ''[[fatele]]''.<ref name="RG">{{cite book |last1=Linkels |first1=Ad |title=The Real Music of Paradise |year=2000 |publisher=Rough Guides, Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.) |isbn=1-85828-636-0 |page=221}}</ref> The ''fatele'', in its modern form, is performed at community events and to celebrate leaders and other prominent individuals, such as the visit of the [[Duke of Cambridge|Duke]] and [[Duchess of Cambridge]] in September 2012.<ref name="CJH">{{cite web |last=Capt. John Hensford, with photos by Tony Prcevich |title=The Royal Visit to Tuvalu – September 2012 – The Inside Story |year=2012 |url=http://ktaweb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Royal_Visit_Tuvalu.pdf |access-date=6 January 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308212545/http://ktaweb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Royal_Visit_Tuvalu.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="VM">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/william-and-kate-tour-2012-duke-1329728 |work=Mirror Online Edition |title=Game of thrones: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge play king and queen before dancing the night away in Tuvalu |access-date=21 October 2012 |location=London |first=Victoria |last=Murphy |date=18 September 2012 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021205248/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/william-and-kate-tour-2012-duke-1329728 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Tuvaluan style can be described "as a musical microcosm of Polynesia, where contemporary and older styles co-exist".<ref name="RG"/>