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In New Caledonia, modern Kanak music is a melting pot of genres that embraces reggae, rock, and soul 🎵. Although the different regions maintain their own unique sound and rhythm, the shared term for this music is called KANEKA: ‘KA’ for ‘cadence’, ‘NE’ for ‘née’ (‘born’), and ‘KA’ for ‘Kanak’, coming together to form ‘cadence born from the Kanak soul’. The Kanak people also have traditional dances like the pilou-pilou, which is a deep-rooted ancestral tradition performed at religious, social, a