Item details
Item ID
RL1-008
Title Funeral singing, traditional chanting, drums and dancing
Description As per notes on reel and case:
Side 1 Chorus
A1 Singing, drums, wailing

Side 2 Chorus
Chanting for Philomen
A2 Valam Philomen

Singers of christian songs and traditional chants by choirs and groups of men, women, school children and village people sung in languages in Kilivila (kij) of Kiriwina and Mailu (mgu) of Central Province.
Sounds of weeping and wailing at time of burial of a village man, Philomen at grave site after service conducted.
Sounds of songs, drums and traditional dances performed on the occasion of visit to Kiriwina local villages by Minister of External Territories, Mr Barnes.

About the traditional chanting and weeping;
The chanting to the spirits are all in many different approaches to either calling to the death relatives to bring them some peace and comfort or chanting to bring Kula Trade luck to the men that involves the shell money that goes around from island to island in the Milne Bay Province, not just in the Trobriand islands safety during the winds and waves at sea to arrival at various destinations.
The other traditional weeping is for the chief clan only, for their dead relatives. The weeping or chanting is different to the ordinary people. They do have professional mourners who can do the chanting and weeping together. They also chant about his garden and how prosperous he is with his garden skills etc.
(Steven Gagau, May 2018)
Origination date
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/RL1/008
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Collector
Ralph Lawton
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Language as given Kiriwina
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Dialect
Region / village Kiriwina
Originating university Australian National University
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories historical text
instrumental music
primary text
song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles
DOI 10.4225/72/5ae1f78ad03e5
Cite as Ralph Lawton (collector). Funeral singing, traditional chanting, drums and dancing. MPEG/VND.WAV. RL1-008 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5ae1f78ad03e5
Content Files (4)
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RL1-008-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 29.3 MB 00:32:05.69
RL1-008-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 1.03 GB 00:32:05.59
RL1-008-B.mp3 audio/mpeg 29.3 MB 00:32:04.49
RL1-008-B.wav audio/vnd.wav 1.03 GB 00:32:04.39
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Collection Information
Collection ID RL1
Collection title Kilivila (Kiriwina – Papua New Guinea)
Description Two sets of recordings

I: Items 001 to 007 are recordings made by the Kiriwina pastor Antonio Lubisa Bunaimata of his life story. Some tapes are barely audible

II: Items 008 to 014 contain a mix of singing, chanting, drumming, and traditional stories

Ralph Lawton was a Methodist missionary from South Australia who lived on the island of Kiriwina, the biggest of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea, between 1961-1973. During that time, he made a series of audio recordings of the oral traditions, music and languages of the island. Ralph went on to receive a doctorate in linguistics from the Australian National University in 2013. These recordings cover a range of musical styles and they are a beautiful sonic record of the culture of the Trobriand Islands.
(Steven Gagau, 2019)
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Access Information
Edit access Amanda Harris
Nick Ward
Nick Fowler-Gilmore
Jodie Kell
Steven Gagau
View/Download access Nick Ward
Nick Fowler-Gilmore
Ralph Lawton
Steven Gagau
Data access conditions Closed (subject to the access condition details)
Data access narrative restricted, no access except with depositor's permission
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