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MO02-008
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Title Folktale: Kumakiki and a Giant spirit
Description A folktale told by Keroo Maggie, with Rebecca Maniako's transcript/English translation and English summary. The story tells about Kumakiki, a lone hunter, who was taken away by a Giant spirit. He sung a song for help, and the villagers who listened to his song came to help him. They fought a fierce fight with the Giant spirit, killed it, and saved Kumakiki's life.
Origination date 2008-08-27
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MO02/008
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Masayuki Onishi
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Papua New Guinea - PG
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Subject language(s)
Siwai - siw
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English - eng
Siwai - siw
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Region / village Oceania

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Data Categories primary text
Data Types Text
Discourse type narrative
Roles Keroo Maggie : speaker
DOI 10.26278/gv7g-jm71
Cite as Masayuki Onishi (collector), Keroo Maggie (speaker), 2008. Folktale: Kumakiki and a Giant spirit. MPEG/PDF/WAV. MO02-008 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/gv7g-jm71
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Filename Type File size Duration File access
MO02-008-01.mp3 audio/mpeg 3.62 MB 00:03:57.243
MO02-008-01.pdf application/pdf 51 KB
MO02-008-01.wav audio/wav 130 MB 00:03:57.216
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Collection Information
Collection ID MO02
Collection title Audio recordings of Baitsi
Description
Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
English - eng
Siwai - siw
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