However, in recent times the pate is used together with the other lesser known traditional log drum variants as well as the Samoan fala as percussive musical instruments.

[3] In Rarotonga its origins have grown into deep spiritual roots that are still found in Cook Islands drumming today.

In Tahiti the people have taken a more contemporary approach where drumming and dancing is used more for entertainment and tourism than traditional functions.

For example, French Polynesia celebrates the annual Heiva i Tahiti festival where different tribes and island clan groups are able to compete against each other in a dance and drumming competition.

Both the shape of the slit and the extent that the log is gutted will affect the tone and pitch of the pate.