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Item ID
WM2-001i
Title A Bit Na Ta - Matamatam Ralalar Raluana
Description 'Matamatam' is a Kuanua word "to remember" by conducting a special ceremony. This process take several years in planning and preparations by a clan to hold a 'matamatam' ceremony and follows a series of steps for identifying and honouring members of a clan at the same time acknowledging the value and importance of the other clans in the district.

A Matamatam ceremony involves 'Dukduk' and 'Tubuan'dancing and sharing pork and a special type of banana called 'tukuru' - a short fat banana with a grey colouring.

At the "Matamatam" the messaging through the slit drum called 'garamut' known as 'kulakulatiding' that represents the cry and representation of the clan's totem or spirit of the clan.

The ceremonial events in the 'matamatam' cycle starts with planning, then clan graves cemented, names written on headstones the clan monument erected. Appreciation and payments called "Vapuak" is held through the christian influence with a dedication ceremony for men who worked on the cement monuments.
The third step is a 'Paluka' that involves dancing by men and women celebrating of the dead clan members with names on graves and the erected clan monument then fourth step of 'Gitigit Vudu' leading to the fifth step of "Kinavai" to the final activity of "Nidok", the highest level of initiation for the men of the clan.


Sources: Gideon Kakabin "A Kinavai" article at PNGAA Library.
https://www.pngaa.net/Library/Kinavai.htm

(David Bridie & Steven Gagau, April 2025)
Origination date 2017-01-01
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/001i
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David Bridie
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Region / village Raluana, Ralalar Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories song
Data Types Sound
Discourse type singing
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DOI 10.26278/cpkb-dz05
Cite as David Bridie (collector), 2017. A Bit Na Ta - Matamatam Ralalar Raluana. JPEG/TIFF. WM2-001i at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/cpkb-dz05
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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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Edit access Mihka Chee
David Bridie
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David Bridie
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