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MW6-109
(Collection Details)
Title Island Frangipani Women's Stringband, Rabaul
Description Tape#1: Island Frangipani Women's Stringband recordings
Side A&B:

The Women's stringband started in 1983 after its female members broke away from its main Weekend Stringband which was a mixed male and female from Totovel village in the north coast of Gazelle Peninsula.
The stringband performed in village fundraising nights and some invitations on functions in Rabaul town. The main events were the Tolai Warwagira competition for the female stringbands section.

The recordings of the village stringband, Ïslands Frangipani at Malaytown, Rabaul with their composed songs led by Rubbie Taidang.
1. A vavina Rapitok (boy-girl relationship)
2. Ok Tedi (extra marital affair)
3. Sori plis daddy (parents divorce affecting a daugther)
4. Valubane kapi amir (man leaving wife and son and feeling sorry when son dies)
5. Kini guwai ma vavina Burma (love affair)
Vanavana ra rot (lady walking admiring her shoes walking)

(Steven Gagau, February 2020)
Origination date 1993-03-28
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/109
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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 Malaytown, Rabaul, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Nick Fowler-Gilmore
Data Categories song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles Ray Sheridan : recorder
Various - Anonymous Various - Anonymous : participant
Steven Gagau : data_inputter
Michael Webb : researcher
Rubbie Taidang : singer
DOI 10.26278/9R7V-YJ65
Cite as Michael Webb (collector), Ray Sheridan (recorder), Various - Anonymous Various - Anonymous (participant), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (researcher), Rubbie Taidang (singer), 1993. Island Frangipani Women's Stringband, Rabaul. MPEG/VND.WAV. MW6-109 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/9R7V-YJ65
Content Files (4)
Filename Type File size Duration File access
MW6-109-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 25.9 MB 00:28:21.119
MW6-109-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 935 MB 00:28:21.109
MW6-109-B.mp3 audio/mpeg 17.9 MB 00:19:36.79
MW6-109-B.wav audio/vnd.wav 646 MB 00:19:36.69
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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 Steven Gagau
Michael Webb
Zephyr Pavey
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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