 The traditional music of Tuvalu encompassed different types of song with a strong emphasis on dancing songs.Other types were play songs (sung during counting game, games of skill and other games); work songs which the women performed, such as while preparing coconut fibre string; fishermen's calling songs; songs of praise ("viki" or "taugafatu"); and laments for deceased members of the family.The tradition of singing appropriate for a funeral is called "kupu" and is similar to the "fakaseasea".