Sound Recording, New Zealand

Description

Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; talks about black magic, song composition, laments, song collection, memorisation, inheritance of song, Maori ancestors and Maori god, teaching and learning, philosophy, traditions and beliefs, chants, funerals, chants/songs/laments to gods, belief in signs and the interpretation of these, characteristics of Maori song [informant chants samples and explains their meaning], fairy beliefs and fairy song [informant sings an example]. Informant relates a story of a Maori Chief and a fairy visitation; fairy belief and an example re. fishing nets; informant sings song fragment; Maori orators; haka teams; fairy song and Maori chant interpretation [recites lines and gives explanation]; memorisation and composition of Maori song; tribal composer [informant recites lines and interprets them]; dirge song; singing style; interpretation of song, how composed and story on which the song is based. Continues on tape LAVC/SRE/A661r. 2 of 5.

Metadata

Identifier wz2mwvks
IRN 414711
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A660r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/wz2mwvks
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Dunn, Ginette
Date [1973]
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 107' 49".

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