Item details
Item ID
DG4-F860708
Title Taveuni
Description Side A -- Duration: 48 secs. Title/ First Line: Oi kemuni kece. Genre: Sere Ni Lotu. Voice: C15. Instruments: None. Comments: Basic unison with a second harmony part in second half of chorus. -- Duration: 1 min 46 secs. Title/ First Line: Au Yawa Dina Ga. Genre: Sere Ni Lotu. Voice: F1. Instruments: None. Comments: Microphone feedback. -- Duration:1 min 32 secs. Title/ First Line: Au Sa Tamata Ca. Genre: Sere Ni Lotu. Voice: Mfgp. Instruments: None. Comments: None. -- Duration: 2 mins 13 secs. Title/ First Line: Yaca I Jusu Sa Ka Yaga. Genre: Polotu. Voice: Mfgp. Instruments: Iron rod and spoon. Comments: None. -- Duration: 3 mins 4 secs. Title/ First Line: Biu Somosomo. Genre: Sere Ni cumu. Voice: Mfgp. Instruments: None. Comments: Some talking in background. -- Duration: 1 min 55 secs. Title/ First Line: Dua Nai Tu'u Me'u Rogoca. Genre: Vakamalolo. Voice: Mfgp. Instruments:Lali, Hand Clapping. Comments: No dance on this occasion. -- Duration: 2 mins 41 secs. Title/ First Line: Moce Moce qou Meimei. Genre: Meke Ni Meimei. Voice: F4. Instruments: None. Comments: Multi-part lullaby. Textual similarities with tape 6.3. -- Duration: 2 mins 36 secs. Title/ First Line: Noqu Yanuyanu. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M3. Instruments: 2 Guitars, Ukelele. Comments: None. -- Duration: 4 mins 46 secs. Title/ First Line: Ena Yakavi. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M3. Instruments: 2 Guitars, Ukelele. Comments: Sacred text. -- Side B -- Duration: 31 secs. Title/First Line: Teiti Ulavi. Genre: Meke Ni Meimei. Voice: M2. Instruments: None. Comments: None. -- Duration: 24 secs. Title/First Line: O Misi Tavoleni. Genre: Meke Ni Meimei. Voice: M1. Instruments: Hand Clapping. Comments: None. -- Duration: 15 secs. Title/First Line: Toa Toa Dradra. Genre: Meke Ni Meimei. Voice: M2. Instruments: Hand Clapping. Comments: None. -- Duration: 2 mins 29 secs. Title/First Line: Chulu Chululu. Genre: Children's Action Song. Voice: M1+c2. Instruments: Ukelele, Hand Clapping. Comments: This item is not indigenous; Samoan or Hawaiian. A children's action song. -- Duration: 34 secs. Title/First Line: Taba Loi. Genre: Children's Action Song. Voice: M1+c2. Instruments: Ukelele, Hand Clapping, Lali. Comments: Question and answer sequence is followed by a children's action song. -- Duration: 3 mins 36 secs. Title/First Line: Ni Vosoti Au Saka. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M8. Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele. Comments: For Items 6-7, singers were singing softly and the bass part is not prominent enough in the recording. -- Duration: 4 mins 4 secs. Title/First Line: Veiyanuyanu Au Dau So'ota Voli. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M8. Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele. Comments: None. -- Duration: 3 mins 23 secs. Title/First Line: Au Na Viriya Na Bai Ni Gauna. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M8. Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele. Comments: None. -- Duration: 2 mins 3 secs. Title/First Line: Vodo Mai Ena Adi Keva. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M8. Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele. Comments: None. -- Duration: 3 mins 4 secs. Title/First Line: Tou Sere Mada Ni 'Ua. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M8. Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele. Comments: None. -- Duration: 3 mins 14 secs. Title/First Line: Ni Bula Sa'a Mai Noda. Genre: Sere Ni Cumu. Voice: M8. Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele. Comments: Tape ran out before song finished.; Item contains instrumental music.
Origination date 1986-01-01
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DG4/F860708
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Collector
David Goldsworthy
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Language as given Fijian
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Dialect
Region / village Somosomo, Taveuni, Naqara, Lamini
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Originating university University of New England
Operator Frank Davey
Data Categories instrumental music
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles David Goldsworthy : researcher
DOI 10.4225/72/56F15E0EC2FB5
Cite as David Goldsworthy (collector), David Goldsworthy (researcher), 1986. Taveuni. MPEG/VND.WAV. DG4-F860708 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56F15E0EC2FB5
Content Files (4)
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DG4-F860708-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 20.6 MB 00:22:28.930
DG4-F860708-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 743 MB 00:22:31.980
DG4-F860708-B.mp3 audio/mpeg 22.9 MB 00:24:58.630
DG4-F860708-B.wav audio/vnd.wav 825 MB 00:25:02.9
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Collection Information
Collection ID DG4
Collection title Fijian music (Taveuni and Kadavu)
Description Audio recordings of music and song in Fiji from a wide variety of genre. Some with descriptions and explanations. Ranges from traditional performance, to children's songs and modern Fijian pop. Languages recorded include English and Fijian (Fiji, Standard Fijian, Eastern Fijian, Nadroga, Naadronga).
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