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Music of Papua New Guinea

CreatorCochrane, Percy, 1907-1980ContributorCochrane, RenataDate1944-1966DescriptionMusic of Papua and New Guinea. This recording includes 9 cuts with commentary by Renata Cochrane. 1. Four dances from the Central district [...], the second dance is from [?Alla Alla] village in [?Kyrokoo] sub district, the third dance is one sung by the Motu and [?Dara] people, the [?Mada] and the fourth dance is another dance from the Central District, but the village is not known -- 2. Turtle catching song from [?Hoola], Central District of Papua -- 3. Some Hiri songs. The Hiri is trading expedition in which the Motuan people go by canoe, with clay pots made in their villages and exchange them in the Westen District of Papua for [?Sago].This last Hiri song is a sacred song, sung only when the Hiri returns loaded with Sago. It is a sacred song and pot allowed to be sung at any other time -- 4. [?Kunipipa songs] -- 5. A dance from the Rigo district, that [?Katoro] -- 6. A[?Koonie] song -- 7. A [fugie?] song, ... sung by the Little sisters at [Fuoki] -- Cut 8. Sepik District of New Guinea, this is a song sung by the woman as they sit up all night watching the yam gardens -- 9. More songs from the Sepik district of New Guinea. Head hunter's song of success from the Aibom Village, Sepik District. Spoken by Percy Cochrane Another Sepik Song, the song sung the night before the initiates are put in the Haus Tambaran.Extent00:32:00SubjectPapua 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 D160/05/53Item IDD160/05/53Collection IDD160GeoTagnot specified

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