Item details
Item ID
WM2-001b
Title A Bit Na Ta - Adjacent Film
Description Various recordings supporting the Source Film.

1. Gideon Kakabin (interviewer) has a conversation with Anton ToValiria (interviewee), an elder or 'patuana' from Kabaira village of the north coast of Gazelle Peninsula, ENB in the Kuanua (Tolai) language. ToValiria was claimed or accused of the murder of the District Commissioner Jack Emmanuel in 1971. ToValiria was from the Baining tribe, Qaquet language group, north west Gazelle Peninsula who migrated and settled in Kabaira village in the north coast in the early 1900s. (Kuanua)

2. Notes of Gideon Kakabi and Anton ToValiria interview.

3. David Bridie explains from Vunaulul village about the background, planning and recordings of songs, films, interviews over three months in 2016 working with Gideon Kakabin, George Telek and himself in the A Bit na Ta project. The production has been after the longstanding relationship over 30 years with the Tolai Gunantuna people of ENB in particular George Telek through music from Melbourne based Not Drowning Waving (NDW) recordings and continues till these days. (English)

4. George Telek discusses with local musicians at Vunaulul village about costumes and dressing up for performances for the project. (Kuanua)

5. David Bridie #1, #2, #3, #4 discusses the band and music arrangement at Vunaulul village with George Telek and local musicians of Moab Stringband and NWD musicians. (English/Tok Pisin)

6. George Telek on music rehearsals on songs for dancers at Vunaulul village. (Kuanua)

7. Rains and cooking on open fire at Vunaulul village.

Source: Wantok Musik Foundation

(David Bridie & Steven Gagau, May 2025)
Origination date 2016-01-01
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/001b
URL
Collector
David Bridie
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Language as given
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Dialect
Region / village Kabaira, Vunaulul, Gazelle Peninsula, East New Pritain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories historical reconstruction
Data Types Sound
Discourse type interactive_discourse
Roles Steven Gagau : consultant
Steven Gagau : data_inputter
Gideon Kakabin : compiler
Gideon Kakabin : interviewer
Anton ToValiria : speaker
Misiel Tolili : participant
Robin Kaian : participant
Robert Norrie : participant
Edward ToBata : participant
DOI 10.26278/m013-k872
Cite as David Bridie (collector), Steven Gagau (consultant, data_inputter), Gideon Kakabin (compiler, interviewer), Anton ToValiria (speaker), Misiel Tolili (participant), Robin Kaian (participant), Robert Norrie (participant), Edward ToBata (participant), 2016. A Bit Na Ta - Adjacent Film. X-MATROSKA/MP4/VND.OPENXMLFORMATS-OFFICEDOCUMENT.WORDPROCESSINGML.DOCUMENT. WM2-001b at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/m013-k872
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Collection Information
Collection ID WM2
Collection title Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region.
Description The Wantok Musik Foundation is an Australian-based not-for-profit Music Label that records, releases and promotes culturally infused music from Indigenous Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. The brand “Wantok Musik” is a Melanesian term that reflects talking with a common language “one talk” although in the diverse cultures of the region that may have different sounds, different beats, different instruments, the music we all share is common and singing about the same things such as our history, our lore, our education, our hurts, our joys, our injustices, our struggles, our lives, our communities and our stories. This Collection preserves rich musical talents and artists of the Oceania region where the Wantok Musik Label through album recordings and collaborative projects has fostered cross-cultural initiatives and exchange. Through music and language within the diverse cultures of the region, we hear, share and learn about entertainers, performers and artistic and creative expressions where over the years, the Wantok Musik label has recorded, released and promoted of music from First Nation Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. Wantok Musik promotes local and international profile of First Nation and world music groups based in the region by supporting and providing greater economic opportunity for artists, long-term career sustainability at the same time by managing the various activities addresses social issues with creative and culturally focused approaches.
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Access Information
Edit access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
View/Download access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
Data access conditions Closed (subject to the access condition details)
Data access narrative
Metadata
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