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ROHP1-863
Title Ranongga Oral History, Tape 3: Historical tales and folk tales from Gigiri Keza of Buri and Mak Alesasa
Description ROHP1-863-A:
1) Mak Alesasa describes the ways that people of the past showed wisdom by showing respect to one another. ghn
2) Gigiri Keza. Island of Narrugiru, where anyone who went ashore would have to marry one another. ghn
3) Gigiri Keza. Describes four foundational clans of the island: Maluku, Nulu, Galagala, and Luqa. ghn
4) Gigiri Keza. 'Rarovida' and a hunting trip led by Sagela. ghn
5) Gigiri Keza. The installation of two chiefs at Manumanugu near Modo. ghn
6) Gigiri Keza. Story of Mamikolo, also known as Sade, who had a Union Jack flag and used it to prevent Modo from being shelled by the British. ghn
7) Gigiri Keza. Another story of Sade. ghn
8) Gigiri Keza. Story of how Keza, Gigiri's father, rescued a captive named Baraqeo. ghn
9) Gigiri Keza. Gathering at Baga with many fish. ghn
10) Gigiri Keza. A dog (sie), hermit crab (koba), and mesu (rat) have a contest to see who can destroy a canoe. The have an argument and somehow their actions explain the origins of wind. ghn
11) Song with guitar

ROHP1-863-B:
Speaker not introduced, Gigiri?
1) Missing war canoe. ghn
2) When a girl accidentally hatched a snake egg, the snake decided she was his wife. Koba (hermit crab) freed the girl by killing the snake. ghn
3) Account of 'votu tamasa', bringing out the gods, at times of starvation at Baga. ghn
4) Story of how an ancestor (tomete) healed a man by having him swim in dirty water. ghn
5) A story of the coming of the SDA church focusing on the role of a man Goralove from Ugele who married into the Talizodo clan of Ganonqa. Other people mentioned are Avoso, Beibangara, Pastor Jones, Keza, Sagobabata, Sagelu. ghn
6) Account of the first fruits ritual 'aoro korega'; speaker describes making a burnt sacrifice himself. ghn
7) Casual conversation between young men.

Elan file is segmented but not transcribed; contains time-aligned English summaries.

Original description on cassette cover:
(A) 1. Respect of custom; 2. Island called Narrugiru; 3. Mother tribe of Ranongga Is; 4. Hunting; 5. Celebration of Chiefs; 6. Union Jack Pledges; 7. Compensation of Baraqeto; 8. Suffocate by oil pollution; 9. Tabufish batubatu; 10. Exist of wind. (B) 1. Missing War canoe; 2. Snake and Koba; 3. Votu tamasa, fertility; 4. Healing charm; 5. Genealogy (Goralove) Ugele; 6. How a missing canoe to Ghanoga; 7. First fruit offering.

Note: Recorded in Buri and Koriovuku villages, Ranongga Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands. | workingLanguages: eng | location: Buri village, Koriovuku village | access: O | accessDescription: The material is licensed under Creative Commons Licences with the licence CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). This means that others may download the materials, build on them and share derived materials with others as long as they credit the original creators and as long as they share their derived materials under the same terms. Others must not use the materials commercially | description: ROHP1-863-A:
1) Mak Alesasa describes the ways that people of the past showed wisdom by showing respect to one another. ghn
2) Gigiri Keza. Island of Narrugiru, where anyone who went ashore would have to marry one another. ghn
3) Gigiri Keza. Describes four foundational clans of the island: Maluku, Nulu, Galagala, and Luqa. ghn
4) Gigiri Keza. 'Rarovida' and a hunting trip led by Sagela. ghn
5) Gigiri Keza. The installation of two chiefs at Manumanugu near Modo. ghn
6) Gigiri Keza. Story of Mamikolo, also known as Sade, who had a Union Jack flag and used it to prevent Modo from being shelled by the British. ghn
7) Gigiri Keza. Another story of Sade. ghn
8) Gigiri Keza. Story of how Keza, Gigiri's father, rescued a captive named Baraqeo. ghn
9) Gigiri Keza. Gathering at Baga with many fish. ghn
10) Gigiri Keza. A dog (sie), hermit crab (koba), and mesu (rat) have a contest to see who can destroy a canoe. The have an argument and somehow their actions explain the origins of wind. ghn
11) Song with guitar

ROHP1-863-B:
Speaker not introduced, Gigiri?
1) Missing war canoe. ghn
2) When a girl accidentally hatched a snake egg, the snake decided she was his wife. Koba (hermit crab) freed the girl by killing the snake. ghn
3) Account of 'votu tamasa', bringing out the gods, at times of starvation at Baga. ghn
4) Story of how an ancestor (tomete) healed a man by having him swim in dirty water. ghn
5) A story of the coming of the SDA church focusing on the role of a man Goralove from Ugele who married into the Talizodo clan of Ganonqa. Other people mentioned are Avoso, Beibangara, Pastor Jones, Keza, Sagobabata, Sagelu. ghn
6) Account of the first fruits ritual 'aoro korega'; speaker describes making a burnt sacrifice himself. ghn
7) Casual conversation between young men.

Elan file is segmented but not transcribed; contains time-aligned English summaries.

Original description on cassette cover:
(A) 1. Respect of custom; 2. Island called Narrugiru; 3. Mother tribe of Ranongga Is; 4. Hunting; 5. Celebration of Chiefs; 6. Union Jack Pledges; 7. Compensation of Baraqeto; 8. Suffocate by oil pollution; 9. Tabufish batubatu; 10. Exist of wind. (B) 1. Missing War canoe; 2. Snake and Koba; 3. Votu tamasa, fertility; 4. Healing charm; 5. Genealogy (Goralove) Ugele; 6. How a missing canoe to Ghanoga; 7. First fruit offering.

Note: Recorded in Buri and Koriovuku villages, Ranongga Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands. | status: Incoming | involvement: unspecified | planningType: unspecified | socialContext: unspecified | keyword: clan origins, obsolete practices, British flag, animal story, song, Seventh-day Adventist mission, nut trees | topic: Ranongga Oral History
Origination date 1986-05-12
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/863
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Collector
Debra McDougall
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Region / village Oceania
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Originating university University of Melbourne
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Data Categories primary text
Data Types Sound
Discourse type narrative
Roles Debra McDougall : annotator
Kenneth Roga : recorder
Kenneth Roga : researcher
Mak Alesasa : speaker
Gigiri Keza : speaker
DOI 10.26278/QHPF-FA31
Cite as Debra McDougall (collector), Debra McDougall (annotator), Kenneth Roga (recorder, researcher), Mak Alesasa (speaker), Gigiri Keza (speaker), 1986. Ranongga Oral History, Tape 3: Historical tales and folk tales from Gigiri Keza of Buri and Mak Alesasa. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. ROHP1-863 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/QHPF-FA31
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ROHP1-863-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 28 MB 00:30:33.730
ROHP1-863-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 1010 MB 00:30:33.710
ROHP1-863-B.eaf application/eaf+xml 166 KB
ROHP1-863-B.mp3 audio/mpeg 27.5 MB 00:30:03.630
ROHP1-863-B.wav audio/vnd.wav 991 MB 00:30:03.599
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Collection Information
Collection ID ROHP1
Collection title Ranongga Oral History Project
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