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D160_5-015
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Title Mekeo district - Songs, Flutes, Talk
Description This recording comprises 11 cuts, with commentary by Percy Cochrane.
1. A Mekeo Love Song. This is a woman's love song whilst waiting for a man -- 2. Some conversation -- 3. A love song [?] -- 4. Repeat of cut 2 -- 5. A conversation between two girls as they decorate themselves with flowers -- 6. A man's love song -- 7. A Mekeo whistling love charm -- 8. Moto sequence [Called Cut 1 on recording] -- 9. Same love song [?] 10 Background conversation -- 11. Trying to get a picaninny to speak.
Updated Collection URL: http://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/665
Updated Item URL: http://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/3186
(Steven Gagau, March 2018)
Origination date 1966-01-01
Origination date free form 1949-1966
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URL http://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/3186
Collector
Susan Cochrane
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Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Language as given Mekeo
Subject language(s)
English - eng
Mekeo - mek
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Content language(s)
English - eng
Mekeo - mek
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Dialect
Region / village Mekeo, Kairuku-Hiri District, Central Province
Originating university University of Wollongong
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Data Categories historical text
song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
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DOI 10.4225/72/56EEC58F523D6
Cite as Susan Cochrane (collector), 1966. Mekeo district - Songs, Flutes, Talk. D160_5-015 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56EEC58F523D6
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Collection Information
Collection ID D160_5
Collection title Audio and songs from Papua New Guinea and Samoa
Description Audio recordings from Papua New Guinea and Samoa. Areas and languages include Mekeo, Manus, Motu, Sepik, Mila Mila, Manam, Mambu also Pidgin and Samoan. Data includes songs, radio recordings, music, and interviews.
Files held in University of Wollongong Archives: http://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/665
Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
Samoa - WS
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Languages
English - eng
Fore - for
Motu, Hiri - hmo
Iwam, Sepik - iws
Kilivila - kij
Mekeo - mek
Motu - meu
Manam - mva
Samoan - smo
Tok Pisin - tpi
Multiple languages - mul
Undetermined language - und
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Data access narrative Check with University of Wollongong"Access Conditions: Available for reference. Contact University of Wollongong Archives in advance to arrange access""Access Conditions: Available for reference. Contact University of Wollongong Archives in advance to arrange access"
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