Papua New Guinea language recording: Yagaria, Jew's harps, bamboo flutes, sing-sing
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Wurm, Stephen Adolphe
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N.G. W.D. Tape 222; Side 1: 15/07/66 Yagaria; Side 2: 21/07/66 Yagaria -- SAW3-038-A: (15 July 1966, recorded in Rongo, Papua New Guinea.) Elicitation sessions in Tok Pisin and Yagaria. Recorded in Rongo, Papua New Guinea. Recording includes elicitation; the playing of a Jew's harp and a bamboo Jew's harp; 'sing-sing' in Yagaria; bamboo flute songs; story about playing the flute; various narratives. -- SAW3-038-B: (21 July 1966, recorded in Rongo, Papua New Guinea.) Elicitation sessions in Tok Pisin, occasional commentary by Stephen Wurm in English, Tok Pisin and German. Recording includes singing ('sing-sing') of an initiation song, various narratives: marrying a woman; creation myths; stories schoolboys; making a sword used in the old days; spirit houses. Flute playing ('male' and 'female' flutes) and explanations of song.
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Series 233 - Stephen Wurm papers
Item 1051 - Language Recording on reel-to-reel tape: Yagaria, Jew's Harps, Bamboo Flutes, Singsing
SAW3 - Australia, PNG, Solomon Islands
Item 1051 - Language Recording on reel-to-reel tape: Yagaria, Jew's Harps, Bamboo Flutes, Singsing
SAW3 - Australia, PNG, Solomon Islands
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1966
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This audio recording is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University