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ROHP1-867-A 1) John Pavu of Pienuna village. 'Patu Tukituki' (the covering stone) that lightened people's loads and drew fish to the shore. Kubokota. ghn 2) John Pavu. Shrine called Jelepade and the large shrine at Maqe, which was important in first fruits ceremonies. Kubokota. ghn 3) Silion Vaibei of Pidaka village. A shrine Jijo in a nearby stream established by a stone that had once been a child. Kubokota. ghn 4) Interview about Leva point and other tabu sites nearby. Pijin. pis ROHP1-867-B 1) George Hilly, Koriovuku village on how the clan named Tiro came to Kudu village and their relationships with Patukaqo. distorted recording. Luqa. lga 2) George Hilly, traditions of chiefly succession. distorted recording. Luqa. lga 3) Kaikera, Kolomali village. A tree that is tabu it is the site of a dangerous power 'liqomo.' It was also associated with a special nut tree, neni, which has specific rules associated with it. Kubokota. ghn 4) John Pavu. Story of a tabu place associated with fertility. Kubokota. ghn 5) John Pavukera, Pienuna village. Story of Liqomo. Kubokota. ghn 6) Story of a tabu place at a point that was used as a defensive stronghold by people living inland at Patujali. When enemies came, the warriors came down one by one and were killed. Kubokota. ghn Exact date unknown. Elan files are segmented but not transcribed; contains time-aligned English summaries. Original description on cassette cover: (A) 1. George Hilly, Koriovuku village; 2. Kaekera, Kolomali village; 3. Tikera, Rijobangara. (B) John Pavu interviewed by John Keopo, on sacred sites at Patutukituki, Varu, Maqe. Note: Recorded in Koriovuku, Kolomali, Rijobangara and Pienuna, Ranongga Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands. | workingLanguages: eng | location: Koriovuku, Kolomali, Rijobangara and Pienuna villages | 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: status: Incoming | involvement: unspecified | locationRegion: Ranongga Island, Western Province | locationCountry: Solomon Islands | locationContinent: Oceania | planningType: unspecified | socialContext: unspecified | keyword: sacred sites, clan origins, nut trees, fertility | topic: Ranongga Oral History |
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Debra McDougall (collector), Kenneth Roga (recorder, researcher), John Keopo (interviewer), Kuresa (recorder), George Hilly (speaker), Kaekera (speaker), Tikera (speaker), John Pavukera (speaker), Silion Vaibei (speaker), 1986. Ranongga Oral History, Tape 5: Stories of sacred sites in Kubokota area from John Pavukera, Silion Vaibei, Tikera, and clan origins and chiefly succession from George Hilly. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. ROHP1-867 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/EAPG-PC39 |