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Item ID
MW6-079
(Collection Details)
Title Senior Eagle Voice Stringband, Rapidik, Rabaul
Description Tape#1: Side A & B - 12 songs

Recordings of Matupit Island stringband performing various songs in Kuanua and Solomon Islands languages mostly from composer and musician Ephraim Tami. The songs include;
"Matupit, kaugu gunan alalir" - my island Matupit is floating on the sea next to the volcano.
"Aumana bul" - our mates gone and have come back.
"Matanakunai " - a place where we witnessed the volcanic eruptions (1994).
"Waira tam ati" - becoming a stranger after eviction from my home.
"IaMagit u waligur iau" - my girlfriend leaving to marry someone else.
"Vuvu marmari" - what a cool breeze blowing over the body feeling good.
"Iau a waira ati" - I am a stranger in this place.
"ToDion, iau mari u" - John, I love and care for you.
"Sana rana" - Solomon Islands song from wartime (1946)
"Kalou na ki watikai piram" - God be with you always.
"Watikai iau nuk u" - I think of you always.
"Alir wowowon" - drifting slowly away in canoe while fishing out at sea

(Steven Gagau, March 2019)
Origination date 1993-08-28
Origination date free form Thursday 26 August 1993
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/079
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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 Rapidik, Matupit, Rabaul, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories historical text
primary text
song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles Roy Nelson : participant
Steven Gagau : data_inputter
Michael Webb : recorder
Wesley Sogi : participant
Rodney Talam : participant
Ephraim Tami : compiler
DOI 10.26278/HKGQ-ES39
Cite as Michael Webb (collector), Roy Nelson (participant), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (recorder), Wesley Sogi (participant), Rodney Talam (participant), Ephraim Tami (compiler), 1993. Senior Eagle Voice Stringband, Rapidik, Rabaul. MPEG/VND.WAV. MW6-079 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/HKGQ-ES39
Content Files (4)
Filename Type File size Duration File access
MW6-079-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 26.7 MB 00:29:14.779
MW6-079-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 964 MB 00:29:14.769
MW6-079-B.mp3 audio/mpeg 29.1 MB 00:31:53.990
MW6-079-B.wav audio/vnd.wav 1.03 GB 00:31:53.980
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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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