OLAC Record
oai:paradisec.org.au:ROHP1-862

Metadata
Title:Ranongga Oral History, Tape 7: Birthing practices discussed by women of Buri and other stories
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:Kenneth Roga (collector), Kenneth Roga (recorder, researcher), Ghera (participant, speaker), Ellen Siga Dao (speaker), Samavido (speaker), Zuna Aseri (speaker), Satu (speaker), 1986. Ranongga Oral History, Tape 7: Birthing practices discussed by women of Buri and other stories. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. ROHP1-862 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/EKS6-TP81
Contributor (compiler):Kenneth Roga
Contributor (participant):Ghera
Contributor (recorder):Kenneth Roga
Contributor (researcher):Kenneth Roga
Contributor (speaker):Ghera
Ellen Siga Dao
Samavido
Zuna Aseri
Satu
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-7.937; southlimit=-8.094; westlimit=156.505; eastlimit=156.599
Coverage (ISO3166):SB
Date (W3CDTF):1986-07-20
Date Created (W3CDTF):1986-07-20
Description:Women of Buri village, Ranongga, discussing birthing practices from the past. ROHP1-862-A: The women are not named, but there are several different women. The discuss food taken to the birthing house (sigu), the washing of the mother and baby, the celebration of a birth of a girl or a boy, and the return to the village. The first half of the recording is Kubokota; at 14:42 a woman begins explaining much of the same material in Solomon Islands Pijin. ROHP1-862-B: Speakers are not named. It sounds like a conversation between an elderly woman and an elderly man. They discuss the seasons, beginning with the fruiting of nut trees (ngari, neni), the season called rarovido; then in relation to the tides (mati rane, odu rane) and winds; then there is a discussion of fishing in relation to the tides; then season of illness. The last few minutes focus on the tabu site at Loboro. Exact date unknown. Elan files have time aligned content notes but no transcription Original description on cassette cover: (A) Custom clinic. (B) Custom calendar. Note: Recorded in Buri village, Ranongga Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands. | workingLanguages: eng | location: Buri village . Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no
Identifier:ROHP1-862
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862
Language:English
Ghanongga
Pijin
Language (ISO639):eng
ghn
pis
Publisher:Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:Ghanongga language
Pijin language
Subject (ISO639):ghn
pis
Subject (OLAC):language_documentation
text_and_corpus_linguistics
Table Of Contents (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862/ROHP1-862-A.eaf
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862/ROHP1-862-A.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862/ROHP1-862-A.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862/ROHP1-862-B.eaf
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862/ROHP1-862-B.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/ROHP1/862/ROHP1-862-B.wav
Type (DCMI):Sound
Type (OLAC):primary_text

OLAC Info

Archive:  Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
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OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:paradisec.org.au:ROHP1-862
DateStamp:  2026-06-24
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Search Info

Citation: Kenneth Roga (compiler); Kenneth Roga (recorder); Kenneth Roga (researcher); Ghera (participant); Ghera (speaker); Ellen Siga Dao (speaker); Samavido (speaker); Zuna Aseri (speaker); Satu (speaker). 1986. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Europe area_Pacific country_GB country_SB dcmi_Sound iso639_eng iso639_ghn iso639_pis olac_language_documentation olac_primary_text olac_text_and_corpus_linguistics

Inferred Metadata

Country: Solomon Islands
Area: Pacific


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