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Latitude

-4.36699

Longitude

152.2975

Start Date

1993-01-01

End Date

1993-01-01

Video Casette Tape#1 Recordings: The Matupit group of Tolai traditional male dancers are preparing and dressing up for a Tolai folk song and dance performance in a cultural event at Vunapope, Kokopo. The actual dance type is undetermined as there are various types of folk songs similar in nature with variations and others different but the dress styles are similar of the Tolai singing in Kuanua accompanied by beats of the "kundu" drum, bamboo made "tidir" and "pakupak". Some songs are sung generally as a form of self entertainment and others are sung during ceremonies. Typical male dancers songs being performed include "libung", "perapere", "pinpidik", "kulau" among others including other Tolai male dance group at the cultural event. During the cultural event in Vunapope in Kokopo region, there were also other song and dance performances from Tolais' and other ethnic groups of East New Britain in Baining and Pomio, people of West New Britain and New Ireland as recorded. Other recording is the Tolai tubuan and duduk dancers in a ceremony "matamatam" in a village undetermined. (Steven Gagau, May 2019)

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