Collection details
Collection ID DLGP1
Title Bislama and Namakura (Vanuatu)
Description Collection made between 1994 and 1998 by David Luders and George Pakoasongi in Efate-Shepherd Island region of Vanuatu.
It records over thirty hours of speech and song. The speech is in Namakura language and Bislama and the song is in local languages. To these recordings is added one of a broadcast by Radio Vila on 1967. That recording concerns the chief Roimata whose burial was excavated by José Garanger in 1967 and the recorded broadcast is referred to in his published report of the excavation (Garanger, José 1972. Archéologie des Nouvelles-Hebrides: Contribution à la Connaissance des îles du Centre. Publications de la Societé des Oceanistes. No. 30. Paris. ORSTOM)

Much of this material is confidential and requires a password for access. Those recordings that do not include the first, LPC 1 (the Radio Vila broadcast), and some of those in the Bongabonga series, as indicated. Apart from LPC 1, the recordings are in four series, as follows.

SIMBOLO (1 to 11) Password required

This series is mostly song. They are named for the performer, Pastor Simbolo, an aore (‘songmaster’) originally of Mangarisu village, Tongoa island (Shepherd Is.). Pastor Simbolo, who claims to have been born in 1911, had the chiefly title of Taripoakoto. He did not begin a Western-style education (and thence go on to train as a Presbyterian pastor) until he had an extensive training in customs and songs on Tongoa.

MATANAURETONG (1 TO 7) Password required

This series is the history of the chief Ti Tongoa Liseiriki, told by Amos Ti Tongoa Liseiriki in Namakura language and Bislama.

BONGABONGA (1 to 35) Password required for most

This series contains the histories of the chiefs Taripoamata, Ti Matasso na Mata and Ti Matasso Tonoriki in Namakura language and Bislama of Bongabonga village, Tongoa and a number of other recordings in Namakura language. These include a ‘Life of a Chief’ series, two recordings concerning a critical dispute over succession to a chiefly title at Bongabonga, three on the relationships between chiefs at Bongabonga and between them and others elsewhere, two on custom law, one detailing the protocol of ceremonial pig-killing. Other material includes the responsibilities of a particular lesser chief of Bongabonga, an ‘Aspects of Life’ series covering various details of traditional life, a number of stories of notable events (shipwrecks, murders and chiefly assassinations) and relations between certain chiefs of Tongoa and Emae.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DLGP1
Collector
David Luders
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Operator Diego Mora
Originating university University of Melbourne
Countries
Vanuatu - VU
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Languages
Bislama - bis
Namakura - nmk
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Region / village
DOI 10.4225/72/56E824B8C05CF
Cite as David Luders (collector), 1994. Bislama and Namakura (Vanuatu). Collection DLGP1 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Closed Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E824B8C05CF
Access information
Edit access Amanda Harris
Data access conditions Closed (subject to the access condition details)
Data access details restricted, no access except with depositor's permission
George has asked whether he might be informed of visits to the PARADISEC website actively seeking information. This is simply because knowing who is interested could lead to fruitful co-operation. LPC 1 (Radio Vila ’67) is not of particular interest but all other material, including those other recordings free to the public, is. Chris might mention this to the PARADISEC people.
Items in Collection (57)

Item Title Actions
001 Radio Vila '67 (CB3-ES001) View
002 Simbolo 1 (CB3-ES002) View
003 Simbolo 2 (CB3-ES003) View
004 Simbolo 3 View
005 Simbolo 4 View
006 Simbolo 5 View
007 Simbolo 6 View
008 Simbolo 7 View
009 Simbolo 8 View
010 Simbolo 9 View
011 Simbolo 10 View
012 Simbolo 11 View
013 Simbolo 12 View
014 Simbolo 13 View
015 Matanauretong 1, Commencement of the history in Namakura language View
016 Matanauretong 2, Continuation of the history in Namakura language View
017 Matanauretong 3, Continuation of the history in Namakura language View
018 Matanauretong 4, Addendum to the history in Namakura language View
019 Matanauretong 5, Commencement of the history in Bislama View
020 Matanauretong 6, Continuation of the history in Bislama View
022 Bongabonga 1, Commencement of the history in Namakura language View
023 Bongabonga 2, Continuation of the history in Namakura language, Commencement of the history in Bislama View
024 Bongabonga 3, Continuation of of the history in Bislama View
025 Bongabonga 6, Commencement of the history in Namakura language View
026 Bongabonga 7, Continuation of the history in Namakura language, Commencement of the history in Bislama View
027 Bongabonga 8, Continuation of the history in Bislama View
028 Bongabonga 9, Continuation of the history in Bislama View
029 Bongabonga 4, Commencement of the history in Namakura language View
030 Bongabonga 5, Continuation of the history in Namakura language View
031 Bongabonga 10, Commencement of the history in Bislama View
032 Bongabonga 11, Continuation of the history in Bislama View
033 Bongabonga 12, Continuation of the history in Bislama View
034 Bongabonga 13 View
035 Bongabonga 14 View
036 Bongabonga 15 View
037 Bongabonga 16 View
038 Bongabonga 17 View
039 Bongabonga 18 View
040 Ti Tongoa Roto at Bongabonga, Tongoa 1 View
041 Ti Tongoa Roto at Bongabonga, Tongoa 2 View
042 Chiefs at Bongabonga village, Tongoa 1 View
042_A Bongabonga 21(a) View
043 Chiefs at Bongabonga village, Tongoa 2 View
044 Chiefs at Bongabonga village, Tongoa 3 View
045 Shepherd Island custom law 1 View
046 Shepherd Island custom law 2 View
047 Ceremonial pig killing, Shepherd Island View
048 History of Talipo 1 View
049 History of Talipo 2 View
050 Aspects of life in the Shepherd Islands 1 View
051 Aspects of life in the Shepherd Islands 2 View
052 Aspects of life in the Shepherd Islands 3 View
053 Two Namakura stories View
054 accounts of various Naruk View
055 Chiefs of Bongabonga, Tongoa and Emae 1 View
056 Chiefs of Bongabonga, Tongoa and Emae 2 View

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