However traditionally in the Ote'a or Ura Pa'u, the hips in Tahiti are shaken round and round (in what is known as the fa'arapu) while in the Cook Islands, the hips are in a side-to-side movement.
In the Ote'a or Ura Pa'u of Tahiti, the hips are rhythmically shaken round and round; however, in the Cook Islands, the hips move side to side.