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MG1-009
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Title Sione Kumala and his string band.
Description Sione Kumala and his string band. Makaunga Village: 1. Hengi Hengi Kuola (Tongan); 2. Fietovola (Samoan); 3. Mesfilo Taliai (Tongan); Item contains instrumental music.
Origination date 1973-12-31
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MG1/009
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Collector
Murray Groves
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Language as given Tongan, Samoan
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Region / village Makaunga village

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Originating university Australian National University
Operator Nick Fowler-Gilmore
Data Categories instrumental music
Data Types Sound
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Roles Simon Golson : depositor
DOI 10.4225/72/56F7FF21D028C
Cite as Murray Groves (collector), Simon Golson (depositor), 1973. Sione Kumala and his string band.. MPEG/WAV. MG1-009 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56F7FF21D028C
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MG1-009-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 16.6 MB 00:18:10.869
MG1-009-A.wav audio/wav 599 MB 00:18:10.849
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Collection Information
Collection ID MG1
Collection title Audio Recordings 1957-1973
Description Reel to Reel Magnetic tapes mainly concerning the Motu people of Papua. There are also recordings from Samoa and Tonga.
Countries
Australia - AU
Papua New Guinea - PG
Tonga - TO
Samoa - WS
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Languages
Toura - don
English - eng
Motu, Hiri - hmo
Motu - meu
Samoan - smo
Tongan - ton
Multiple languages - mul
Undetermined language - und
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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