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Sepik - Ambunti Angoram

CreatorCochrane, Percy, 1907-1980ContributorCochrane, RenataDate1949-1967DescriptionThis recording has two parts. Part one has several takes. 1. Talk in Pidgin by the Luluai and Tultul of the Aibom Village, mid- Sepik district, the subject the Bird of Paradise of Kumul -- 2. Another conversation in Pidgin this time about the May Fly. This is an insect about the size of a Dragon fly with white wings and a long tail. It appears periodically throughout the year, not just in May as the name implies. It makes an uphill flight, dies and floats on the water, it is swept by the current in huge banks into coves along the shore and natives rush down and gather it and wrap it in bark and bake it. It is one of their principal sources of food -- 3. In two parts; A. a talk in English describing the method of preserving a head captured from a rival village. B. the song sung for the ceremonial parading of the preserved and painted head before its installation in the Haus Tambaran -- 4. A talk in English by the A.D.O Ambunti who is speaking about the 'Talking flutes' of the Aibom village, mid- Sepik area. These 'Talking Flutes' recount the Ancestors stories, that is to say the history of their people. The village is Aibom Village and 8 flutes are playing simultaneously --5. a head hunters song with a Pidgin introduction. The song is old and has been passed on by the Tabuna, the ancestors long dead. The song is the sole property of the Aibom Village people. No one else may sing it on pain of a punitive raid -- 6. Another example of the 'talking flutes', a pigeon introduction -- 7. Fighting the Tanget. An actuality from a village debate during which tangent leaves are beaten on the ground for emphasis then knotted to seal the decision agreed upon. A longer explanation is spoken by the A.D.O Ambunti -- 8. A story in song of Aibom village. Village leaders are instructing initiates. Further explanation is provided by the A.D.O. Aibam -- 9. Song Sung with an Aibam flute. Part 2: A feast song by the entire village.Extent00:44:01SubjectPapua New GuineaSocial conditionsManners and customsCollection NameCochrane Papua New Guinea collection : Music and Radio Broadcast RecordingsRightsThis item by University of Wollongong Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia LicenseSourceUniversity of Wollongong Archives, collection D160/05/28aItem IDD160/05/28aCollection IDD160Links toD160/05/28bGeoTagnot specified

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