Doc.374, 'Dances and songs'
Authors
Roth, George Kingsley
Publication Date
2013-03Publisher
World Oral Literature Project
Language
Other
Type
Audio
Metadata
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Roth, G. K. (2013). Doc.374, 'Dances and songs' [Audio file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244319
Description
.wav and .mp3 versions of audio file
Abstract
Audio recording: songs recorded at the studios of Fiji Broadcasting Commission, 1955-1956, 10 min 40 seconds.
1) Song accompanying a spear dance, meke wesi, done in Suva by the people of Vaturova, Cakaudrove, on the occasion of the occasion of the Queen's visit in December 1953. The dancers were men, most of the members of the orchestra were women [0.00-5.00]
2) Legend of the turtles told by Ratu Sere Nawalowalo and calling up of the turtles by a group of girls at Namuana, Kadavu, September 1955 [5.00-10.40] Fijian music, songs and dances, recorded by George Kingsley Roth in Fiji in the 1950s. Most of the material is original and was recorded in the field or at the studio of the Fiji Broadcasting Commission Suva. Some tracks are copies of recordings made by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission or the BBC.
Keywords
Roth, Fiji, music, song, dances
Spatial Coverage
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Kadavu; Namuana Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Suva
Temporal Coverage
December 1953 + September 1955
Identifiers
This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244319
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 UK)
Licence URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
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