Title: Nanaranta Pap (Crying of my Ancestors)
Panpipe flute was part of my Are'are culture and we have
several different types. This was one of them and we called it in
my Are'are language Au Tahana, This traditional panpipe
music can only played during ceremonial feasting or
gatherings’ my painting you can see a man playing Au Tahana
traditional panpipe flute and also human figures dancing hand
in hand celebrating and enjoying each other in unity and peace.
I called my painting title: Naratana Papa (Crying of my
Ancestors) because that’s the only sounds that our Ancestors
lives back with us. When playing it or listening to this old pan
pipe music it makes us remember them and that’s the only cry
that we hear from them.