Editing Micronesia (section)

===Music and dance===
{{See also||Music of the Federated States of Micronesia}}
Micronesian music is influential to those living in the Micronesian islands.<ref name="Garland">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulLJUDmptFMC&pg=PA697 |encyclopedia =The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 1 |publisher=Routledge | location = New York |title =The Music and Dance of Micronesia |year=2013 |pages=697–706 |isbn=978-1136095702}}</ref> Some of the music is based around [[mythology]] and ancient Micronesian [[ritual]]s. It covers a range of styles from traditional songs, handed down through generations, to contemporary music.

Traditional beliefs suggest that the music can be presented to people in [[dream]]s and [[altered state of consciousness|trances]], rather than being written by [[composer]]s themselves. Micronesian folk music is, like [[Music of Polynesia|Polynesian music]], primarily vocal-based.

In the Marshall Islands, the ''[[roro (chant)|roro]]'' is a kind of traditional [[chant]], usually about ancient legends and performed to give guidance during navigation and strength for mothers in labour. Modern bands have blended the unique songs of each island in the country with modern music. Though [[drums (musical instrument)|drums]] are not generally common in [[Micronesian music]], one-sided hourglass-shaped drums are a major part of Marshallese music.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/arts/music/musicarchive/PacificInfo.html | url-status = dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012123403/http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/arts/music/musicarchive/PacificInfo.html | archive-date=12 October 2007 | title = Music of the Pacific Island Nations | first = Hans W. | last = Telford | date = n.d. | work = Music Archive for Pacific Island Nations | publisher = School of Arts, [[Southern Cross University]]}}</ref> There is a traditional Marshallese dance called [[beet (dance)|beet]], which is influenced by Spanish folk dances; in it, men and women side-step in parallel lines. There is a kind of [[Tirere|stick dance]] performed by the [[Jobwa]], nowadays only for very special occasions.

Popular music, both from Micronesia and from other areas of the world, is played on radio stations in Micronesia.<ref name="Garland"/>