OLAC Record
oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1193538

Metadata
Title:The Bata Dance
SB1_16
The languages of northern Ambrym
Contributor (consultant):Saksak Batōkon
Contributor (researcher):Michael Franjieh
Contributor (translator):Isaiah Bong
Coverage:Vanuatu
Date:2011-07-04
Description:The Bata Dance – recorded at the Cultural Festival in Nobyul organised by George Ra Bumseng. This is the dance performed throughout the night at boys' cicumcision ceremonies. The men compose and sing songs about embarrasing events to try and shame people and make everyone laugh. Saksak batokon gives an audio commentary. File Description: This bundle contains video, an audio commentary and a PDF of the original field notes of the commentary.
Tanis blong Bata - Hemi pat blong kaljoral festival we i bin stap long Nobyul. George Ra Bumseng i bin organisem. Oli tanis mo singsing long taem blong katem ol boe. Oli mekem ol fani singsing. Saksak Batokon i givim wan eksplenesen long ol singsing ia.
Born and lives in Fansar village. Mother from Ranon. Father from Fansar.
Born Santo. Lives in Ranvetlam. Mother from Fanjewer. Father from Fanbo.
Linguist
Format:video/mp4
audio/x-wav
application/pdf
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1193538
IGS0084, IPD0216
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1193538%23
Subject:observational filming
dance
North Ambrym language
English language
Bislama language
Subject (ISO639):mmg
eng
bis
Type:Video
Audio

OLAC Info

Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1193538
DateStamp:  2018-07-07
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Search Info

Citation: Saksak Batōkon (consultant); Isaiah Bong (translator); Michael Franjieh (researcher). 2011-07-04. Endangered Languages Archive.
Terms: area_Europe area_Pacific country_GB country_VU iso639_bis iso639_eng iso639_mmg

Inferred Metadata

Country: United KingdomVanuatu
Area: EuropePacific


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