Other Cultures

It can be difficult to pin down just one Cook Islands dance since each of the 15 islands has its own interpretation. But the dances share a common heritage and a sense of sensuality and ferocity...

The islands of Fiji evoke images of a tropical paradise far away in the Pacific. Although the Islands are indeed tropical, they have a much more complex history than the "paradise" image would...

Bimini is a small island located 50 miles off the east coast of Florida. Once a favorite retreat destiny for Ernest Hemingway, the location is divided into two main islands.

The Federated States of Micronesia are a South Pacific archipelago that is located in the Caroline Islands. Surprisingly for a state made up of four sleepy and remote tropical islands, Micronesia...

Cabo Verde is not the place that usually springs to mind when one thinks about tropical islands. Green brush and pinnacled mountains, not palm trees, dominate the landscape of the Cabo Verde...

The Galapagos Islands have had a rich history since their discovery by Tomas de Berlanga in 1535. The chain of 19 islands and myriad rocks in the Pacific was studied in-depth by Charles Darwin but...

Micronesia is the common name of the Pacific Ocean region encompassing islands north of the equator: the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the North Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands,...

The Turk and Caicos Islands are located off the Bahamas nearly 600 miles south of Miami, Florida. It has been said that Ponce de Leon may have beaten him to the punchline, but this is where...

The history of Bermuda is tied to the history of the British Empire and its colonization of the New World. Bermuda was established as a British colony after an accidental shipwreck and became a...

Hawaii is a beautiful island state in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With less than 1.5 million residents, this island has an extremely diverse population. There are people from many ethnic...