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Traditional Tolai "Warbat" Songs of Bitavavar and Childrens' Choir of Volavolo

Layer: Music in Rabaul, Gazelle Peninsula, ENBP and New Guinea Islands Region (ca. 1950s - 1990s)
Link back to source:: https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/058
Type: Other

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Latitude: -4.25092
Longitude: 152.205
Start Date: 1993-09-01
End Date: 1993-09-01

Description

Tape#1, Traditional Tolai "Warbat" folk songs by Koniel Tamgoi of Bitavavar and Regina Tade's Childrens' Choir of Volavolo. Side A Only (Side B Blank) Koniel Tamgoi of Bitavavar Village in Kokopo District sings various solo "Warbat" songs, traditional Tolai folk song as a love ritual luring a woman to be attracted to the man in the subject of the song. The traditional musical instrument used is "tidir" a natural sounding object of a piece of bamboo beaten together as the background to the singing. Other participants in Philomen Tokilang and William Toligap were also present at the time of recording. Regina Tade leads and conducts boys and girls in a children's choir of Grades 3 and 4 at Volavolo Community (Primary) School singing Kuanua and English songs of worship and praise of the Catholic Church. (Steven Gagau, January 2019)

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https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/058

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