The festival host country pays participants' costs of local travel, accommodation, meals, and other forms of hospitality.
Participating countries select artist-delegates to represent the nation at this crossroads of cultures, considered a great honour.
[3] Taiwan was allowed to send a delegation of 80 performers and artists, most of whom were Taiwanese aborigines, to the Festival of Pacific Arts for the first time in 2008.
[11] During her time as Chair, Kuper led calls for the repatriation of art and artefacts to the Solomon Islands from non-Pacific countries.
Its nine members, appointed by the Governor, state lawmakers and officials, represented the culture, spirit and heart of Hawaiʻi.