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MW6-078
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Title Songs by Blasius ToUna with Galis Pidik about Bouganville, Nodup
Description Tape#5 Side A & B:
Tape notes: Singing with Blasius ToUna Thursday 26 August, 1993 at Nodup, with Galis Pidik 'Bougainville'

Blasius ToUna, Galis Pidik and Michael Webb performing songs "Bouganville - Bringim Bel Isi", "Nogat magit i topa iau" and "Yu ambak man - Sundo Roro". The songs were combination of Tok Pisin and Kuanua words.
The Bouganville song is about peace to prevail during the civil unrest on the island. The other songs are general life stories like fishing and community activities.
(Steven Gagau, April 2019)
Origination date 1993-08-26
Origination date free form Thursday 26 August, 1993
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/078
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Collector
Michael Webb
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Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Language as given
Subject language(s)
Kuanua - ksd
Tok Pisin - tpi
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Content language(s)
Kuanua - ksd
Tok Pisin - tpi
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Dialect
Region / village Nodup, Rabaul District, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles Steven Gagau : data_inputter
Michael Webb : recorder
Blasins ToUna : singer
Galis Pidik : singer
DOI 10.26278/53AR-S437
Cite as Michael Webb (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (recorder), Blasins ToUna (singer), Galis Pidik (singer), 1993. Songs by Blasius ToUna with Galis Pidik about Bouganville, Nodup. MPEG/VND.WAV. MW6-078 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/53AR-S437
Content Files (4)
Filename Type File size Duration File access
MW6-078-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 29.1 MB 00:31:50.230
MW6-078-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 1.02 GB 00:31:50.210
MW6-078-B.mp3 audio/mpeg 20.7 MB 00:22:38.890
MW6-078-B.wav audio/vnd.wav 747 MB 00:22:38.859
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Collection Information
Collection ID MW6
Collection title Music in Rabaul, Gazelle Peninsula, ENBP and New Guinea Islands Region (ca. 1950s - 1990s)
Description Recordings of a wide range of music in Rabaul 1950s-1990s covering areas of the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain Province and the New Guinea Islands Region. This collection was the PhD research work by Dr Michael Webb focused on music of Melanesia in the Pacific. This collection was located as a result of PARADISEC's 'Lost and Found' project and digitisation was funded by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.

Note: This video recording on Item MW6-012 labelled Queens Birthday Singsing, Rabaul in 1993 was unable to be digitised due to poor quality of tape so deleted from collection.
(Steven Gagau)
Countries
Australia - AU
New Caledonia - NC
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
English - eng
French - fra
Hakö - hao
Halia - hla
Kuanua - ksd
Mekeo - mek
Motu - meu
Ramoaaina - rai
Saliba - sbe
Sursurunga - sgz
Siar-Lak - sjr
Solos - sol
Teop - tio
Tok Pisin - tpi
Taulil - tuh
Undetermined language - und
Warwar Feni - hrw
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Access Information
Edit access Jodie Kell
Steven Gagau
Michael Webb
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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