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Fanning Island lies approximately 250 miles north of the equator and 150 miles northwest of Christmas Island. The natives call it Tabueran, which means Footprint of Heaven and also gives away the shape of the island. Although the islanders have no running water or electricity (yes that?s right: no TV, no cell phone), I have never seen happier people before in my life. In December of 2001 a cruise liner made this atoll a regular stop in their itinerary and the demand for a sound recording arose. Unfortunately a lot of passengers don?t know what to expect from Fanning Island and leave the coral reef with the impression of "poverty in paradise". In order to disprove that statement, we included a 10 minutes video documentary. If you don?t have a computer or run Windows 2000 or XP, the entire video narration (including background music and sound effects) can be heard on tracks 1 ? 3, when played as audio CD. Tracks 4 ? 14 include traditional drumming and chanting, but also songs that were influenced by western music. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity on the island. The CD-ROM is compatible with every standard audio CD player, PC (Windows 95, 98 ME) and Macintosh (OS 8.6 ? 9.2) computer.