Healing, feasting & magical ritual : songs & dances from Papua New Guinea.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Thornley, John, 1949-

British Library. National Sound Archive. International Music Collection.

Series:

Topic world series

Language:

English

Papuan (Other)

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Papua New Guinea.

Folk music.

Folk songs, Papuan--Papua New Guinea.

Folk songs, Papuan.

Folk dance music--Papua New Guinea.

Folk dance music.

Birdsongs--Papua New Guinea.

Birdsongs.

Animal sounds--Papua New Guinea.

Animal sounds.

Field recordings--Papua New Guinea.

Field recordings.

Papua New Guinea.

Ethnic music recordings--Papua New Guinea.

Ethnic music recordings, Papuan--Papua New Guinea.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings--Papua New Guinea.

Ethnic music recordings, Papuan--Papua New Guinea.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Healing, feasting and magical ritual

Songs & dances from Papua New Guinea

Songs and dances from Papua New Guinea

Title on container spine: Papua New Guinea

Place of Publication:

London : Topic Records, [2001]

Language Note:

Sung in various Papua New Guinean languages.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Karkar Island. Garamut call (:30) ; Mukoa silali (2:59) ; Kanam dance (1:56)

Green River (West Sepik Province). Birua : (warrior song after killing) (1:54) ; Healing songs (7:18) ; Two healing songs. Kua kua! The bird of paradise is singing (2:16) ; Let us kill a pig and put the blood on our sick friend's wound (2:02) ; Women's sago song (1:28) ; Healing song about Lake Kanary (1:24) ; Healing song (1:22) ; Feast songs (:23) ; Three eevil : (children's healing songs) (1:15)

Mount Hagen (Western Highlands). Hunting song of the Moge & Kopi clans (1:27) ; Women's song of the Moge & Kopi clans (1:15) ; Sing-sing (5:08) ; Two songs of love and courtship (1:17; 1:49) ; Bayer River Sanctuary (1:35)

New Ireland. Pur (1:49) ; Bot-malanggan funeral ceremony (4:29) ; Friction-drum & song on the death of a chief (2:09) ; Getting on a lorry (1:46) ; Shark-calling song (1:47) ; Two slit-drum improvisations (1:15; :53)

Gazelle Peninsula (East New Britain). Rongari (:53; 1:02) ; Fire dance (9:21).

Participant:

Various performers.

Credits:

Recordings by John Thornley.

Notes:

From the International Music Collection of the British Library National Sound Archive.

Field recordings from Karkar Island, Green River (West Sepik Province), Mount Hagen (Western Highlands), New Ireland, and Gazelle Peninsula (East New Britain), Papua New Guinea, Aug.-Oct., 1987.

Compact disc.

Program notes (23 p. : ill.) by John Thornley inserted in container.

OCLC:

47967141

Publisher Number:

714822091824

TSCD918 Topic Records