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PC2-18
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Title Peroveta Bese Veridia - Motu
Description This is a Second World War Lament song in Motu language.
The song Bese Veridia has meaning to all families and it's about family. It was written in World War two by Morea Morea when the people of Hanuabada village were evacuated to Malara. When they settled there waiting to return to their homes they lamented the fact that they were separated from their homes and had no idea when they would ever return. So this song was then composed about the time they would return when they would return because they're like birds flying around aimlessly with nowhere to land. The diaspora community takes this song very much to their hearts because we like the Hanuabada villages at that time, it applies to all those who have left their homelands and are also like birds flying around around the globe and don't know when they'll ever return so it's very meaningful for all Central people across the globe.

(Tommy Dietz,February 2023)

Song Lyrics:

Bese veridia olalomai e
Iura henimai toana me itaia e
Ma lalomai oa hisi-a hisianina e
Aina aroholoamu manu na heheto
Emai rohokau gabuna Malara binai
Ma loumai ina tahemoale-moale heboumu
Lau so manu do na roholoamu?
Eda hanuai do asina roho diho
Eda dubu lalonai do asina vareai
O Motu hanua-i
Edena negai bama vareai?
Lau so manu do na roholoamu?
Eda hanuai do asina roho diho
Eda dubu lalonai do asina vareai
O Motu hanua-i
Edena negai bama vareai?
Tanikiu bada herea

(Deveni Temu and Peroveta Singers Canberra, February 2023)
Origination date 2023-02-19
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/PC2/18
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Collector
Jodie Kell
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Countries
Australia - AU
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Language as given Motu
Subject language(s)
Motu - meu
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Content language(s)
English - eng
Motu - meu
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Dialect
Region / village Central Province

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Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Steven Gagau
Data Categories song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
Roles Jodie Kell : depositor
Deveni Temu : consultant
Steven Gagau : compiler
Tommy Dietz : singer
Hane Dietz : singer
Wari Powell : singer
Laka Gwiliam : singer
Theresa Hogg : singer
Erue Stevens : singer
DOI 10.26278/nt2p-4p21
Cite as Jodie Kell (collector), Jodie Kell (depositor), Deveni Temu (consultant), Steven Gagau (compiler), Tommy Dietz (singer), Hane Dietz (singer), Wari Powell (singer), Laka Gwiliam (singer), Theresa Hogg (singer), Erue Stevens (singer), 2023. Peroveta Bese Veridia - Motu . EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. PC2-18 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/nt2p-4p21
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PC2-18-Peroveta.wav audio/vnd.wav 65.5 MB 00:01:58.750
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Collection Information
Collection ID PC2
Collection title PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra
Description This collection was created from the PARADISEC Podcast Series “Toksave Culture Talks” under Episodes 13 & 14 and directly relates to the Collection TCT1-13 & TCT1-14 about music of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. The podcast episodes and full interviews with Deveni Temu can be found in the TCT1 collection.
It features recordings of the PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra made in 2023 by the PARADISEC team. This group was formed in 1999 by diaspora community members in the ACT and since then they have performed at events such as the National Folk festival, as well as meeting regularly at the Holy Cross Anglican Church in Hackett, not only to learn and sing Peroveta songs, but also share Papua New Guinean culture, language and music.
The Sene traditional Papuan song and dance and Peroveta “prophet” singing introduced by the LMS South Sea islander missionaries from Cook Islands in late 19th century. The Canberra group responds to recordings at PARADISEC archive in MG1 & IC1 collections and performances are in various languages namely Hiri Motu, Hula, Keapara (Aroma, Keakalo), Mailu from around the Port Moresby area mainly Hanuabada village in the National Capital District along the southeast Motuan coastal villages and further towards the Rigo and Abau districts of Central Province. The songs also include the southeastern Pacific of the Cook Islands Māori or Rarotongan songs.
The music recordings both from the history and culture of PNG Peroveta singing that stretches from the 1950s’ to the present day and embraced by the PNG diaspora show the enduring popularity across decades as singing styles and a genre popular and practiced by the people of Central Province, PNG.
Countries
Australia - AU
Cook Islands - CK
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
English - eng
Motu, Hiri - hmo
Hula - hul
Keapara - khz
Motu - meu
Lijili - mgi
Mailu - mgu
Rarotongan - rar
Multiple languages - mul
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Access Information
Edit access Nick Ward
Jodie Kell
Steven Gagau
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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