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Rehearsals for Jubilee by Vunairoto Choirs conducted by Resin ToLop

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/MW6/063
Type: Other

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Latitude: -4.194435
Longitude: 152.157
Start Date: 1993-08-08
End Date: 1993-08-08

Description

Tape#1: Rehearsals by various Male, Female and Mixed Choirs led by Choir Master and Conductor, Resin ToLop for Jubilee Choral Festival. The choirs are from Vunairoto Village is in the north coast area of the Gazelle Peninsula and the preparations for the festival are part of celebrations of the arrival of the Methodist Church missionaries New Britain Region mainly the Gazelle Peninsula. Side A: Rehearsals by Male and Mixed Choirs preparing songs; Mixed Choir: Two songs - "Aleluia, iau mari Iesu" in Kuanua and "Pa iau vavirir tai Iesu" in Kuanua. Male Choir: Two songs - ""I ti koina ra balagu" in Kuanua and "Wonderful love of Jesus" in English. The Mixed Choir Kuanua songs mean "Hallelujah, I love Jesus" and Male Choir song mean "My heart is at peace". Side B: Female Choir: Two songs - "Come, come, He says" in English and "Arama tara bakut" in Kuanua. The Kuanua song mean "Up in the heavens above". The Vunairoto Choir was recorded by Radio East New Britain referenced RENB R.475 Cut 9 with the song "A Lili" ('ToPaia - Ure ra utul a Misinare'). The song is about three Fijian Missionaries who were killed by local people lead by ToPaia when bringing christianity sent ahead to the areas of the Gazelle Peninsula by Dr George Brown of the Methodist Church in 1875. (Steven Gagau, March 2019)

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https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/063

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