Details

Latitude

-8.470425

Longitude

151.12

Start Date

1966-01-01

End Date

1966-01-01

Sound effects for "Mila Mala"Recorded by P.N. Cochrane & Renata Cochrane early 1960'sSound Effects for Mila Mala CUT 1 Yam carriers songs. Male solo, conch shells, whoop, end. CUT 2 Excited voices, village background CUT 3 Trobriand Island dance theme - skin drums men's chorus CUT 4 Village background/conch shells/skin drums CUT 5 Chief's announcement CUT 6 Voices in argument CUT 7 Repeat of chief' announcement CUT 8 Men trying to persuade Sorcerer to commence garden magic CUT 9 Loud shout of rejoicing CUT 10 Garden magic - beating the soil CUT 11 Garden magic - swaying on magic wand CUT 12 Garden magic - song sung by Sorcerer in garden CUT 13 Pan Pipers played as fertility rite CUT 14 Blast of conch shells CUT 15 Garden magic - crowd in garden chant/blow conch shell CUT 16 Yam carries song (as 1) CUT 17 Crowd gathering for festival, drums/conch/men singing in background. CUT 18 Filling the chief's yam house - chant/conch CUT 19 General village background & excited voices CUT 20 Drumming to mark beginning of Mila Mala CUT 21 General village background - men singing/drums CUT 22 Children's' songs CUT 23 Conch shells & drums CUT 24 Dance theme - skin drums, men singing CUT 25 Village background - preparation for Mila Mala CUT 26 Chief's call to stait Mila Mala CUT 27 Drive for expulsion of spirits. Updated Collection URL: http://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/665 Updated Item URL: http://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/3200 Redefined Map to Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province Inferred language of Trobriand Islands is Kilivila (kij) (Steven Gagau, March 2018)

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