OLAC Record
oai:paradisec.org.au:SG2-118

Metadata
Title:Bitasqua Stringband
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:Steven Gagau (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter, depositor), Colleen Darby (consultant), Dominic Rangan (participant), Jenny Rangan (participant), Pacific Gold Studios (recorder), Colleen Darby (data_inputter), Demas Burat (depositor), Bitasqua Stringband (performer), 1990. Bitasqua Stringband. JPEG/TIFF/MPEG/WAV. SG2-118 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/kzdn-ez76
Contributor (compiler):Steven Gagau
Contributor (consultant):Colleen Darby
Contributor (data_inputter):Steven Gagau
Colleen Darby
Contributor (depositor):Steven Gagau
Demas Burat
Contributor (participant):Dominic Rangan
Jenny Rangan
Contributor (performer):Bitasqua Stringband
Contributor (recorder):Pacific Gold Studios
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-4.28085; southlimit=-4.41197; westlimit=152.161; eastlimit=152.337
Coverage (ISO3166):PG
Date (W3CDTF):1990-01-01
Date Created (W3CDTF):1990-01-01
Description:Recording provided to be deposited by Demas Burat and Joyce Len, Viviran Village, Toma LLG. Artist: Bitasqua Stringband Title’Pailamua’ Recorded by Pacific Gold Studios, Rabaul, ENBP. Bitasqua Stringband comes from Bitabaur village, Kokopo District. East New Britain Province, PNG. The band members compose their songs from their own life experiences within their communities for entertainment. Song List. Side A. 1. Teve (Kuanua) 2. Sinek Meri (Kuanua) 3. Taim nogut (Tok Pisin) 4. Nganra (Kuanua) 5. Ia Dickson (Kuanua) 6. A bul Hudsco (Kuanua) Side B. 1. Gunarang ipar ati (Kuanua) 2. Yu bin korosim mi (Tok Pisin) 3. Sensibal na vavina (Kuanua) 4. Una ngo mara voavo (Kuanua) 5. Limai limai (?) 6. Sera (Kuanua) (Colleen Darby & Steven Gagau, April 2026). Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:SG2-118
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118
Language:Kuanua
Tok Pisin
Language (ISO639):ksd
tpi
Publisher:Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:Kuanua language
Tok Pisin language
Subject (ISO639):ksd
tpi
Subject (OLAC):language_documentation
Table Of Contents (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118/SG2-118-1.jpg
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118/SG2-118-1.tif
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118/SG2-118-A.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118/SG2-118-A.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118/SG2-118-B.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SG2/118/SG2-118-B.wav
Type (DCMI):Sound

OLAC Info

Archive:  Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Description:  http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:  Pre-generated XML file

OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:paradisec.org.au:SG2-118
DateStamp:  2026-05-12
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: Steven Gagau (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Steven Gagau (depositor); Colleen Darby (consultant); Dominic Rangan (participant); Jenny Rangan (participant); Pacific Gold Studios (recorder); Colleen Darby (data_inputter); Demas Burat (depositor); Bitasqua Stringband (performer). 1990. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Pacific country_PG dcmi_Sound iso639_ksd iso639_tpi olac_language_documentation olac_singing

Inferred Metadata

Country: Papua New Guinea
Area: Pacific


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