Spirit of Melanesia.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Fanshawe, David, 1942-2010.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Contemporary world music.

Contemporary world music

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Fiji.

Folk music.

Folk music--Papua New Guinea.

Folk music--Solomon Islands.

Folk music--Vanuatu.

Vanuatu.

Solomon Islands.

Papua New Guinea.

Fiji.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Wotton-under-Edge, England : Saydisc ; [New York] : Qualiton Imports [distributor], 1998.

Language Note:

Sung in various languages.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Sepik flutes Kanengara (2:30)

Pan pipes of Buma (1:05)

Club dance, Meke iwau (3:08)

Meke rara nakelo (1:55)

Meke se?ase?a : standing dance (2:36)

Vakamalolo : sitting dance (2:34)

Nabua Methodist Church Choir (3:02)

New Year celebrations (2:10)

Grog song Lakeba (2:23)

Singera string band (2:42)

Naghol land diving (2:28)

Lifou mouth pipes (1:12)

Spirit song U'ula (2:27)

Shell money making (1:24)

Spirit song "ia ia ia" (2:39)

Gilo stones (1:23)

Pan pipes "The awakening" (1:48)

Funeral song (1:27)

Karop pipes, mouth harp, dance (2:09)

Yule Island festivities (2:17)

Mount Hagan singsing (1:58)

Mendi girls chant Alipuli (:57)

Wagi Brothers bamboo band (2:15)

Rymoka string band (2:40)

Karawari initiation (1:54)

Sepik flutes Sangriman, Kamanibit (2:41)

Timbunke garamut drums (1:43)

Wundubu bangu ceremony (3:20)

Kanengara singsing apunivur (1:23)

Kanengara war dance (2:42)

Bisorio house building ; Kilao war party (3:31)

Singsing Bodif headhunting (1:48)

Waskuk yam harvesting (2:04)

Misa Yaroma Wewak (3:06)

Mariway flutes "Secret place" (3:48).

Notes:

Distributor from label on original container.

Previously released as a compact disc.

Program notes by David Fanshawe and notes on the ethnographer (23 p. : ports.) inserted in original container.

Traditional music from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, & Papua New Guinea.

Recorded 1978-1994.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Contemporary world music). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

CD-SDL 418

OCLC:

698440377

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.