OLAC Record
oai:paradisec.org.au:WM2-055a

Metadata
Title:Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu from the Cutural Centre Port Vila - Tracks
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:David Bridie (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Wantok Musik (consultant), Vanuatu Cultural Centre (compiler, performer, recorder), Enos Gagau (data_inputter), 1980. Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu from the Cutural Centre Port Vila - Tracks. MPEG/WAV. WM2-055a at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/3ppt-7c62
Contributor (compiler):David Bridie
Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Contributor (consultant):Wantok Musik
Contributor (data_inputter):Steven Gagau
Enos Gagau
Contributor (performer):Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Contributor (recorder):Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-17.6953; southlimit=-17.7634; westlimit=168.284; eastlimit=168.329
Coverage (ISO3166):VU
Date (W3CDTF):1980-01-01
Date Created (W3CDTF):1980-01-01
Description:The Vanuatu Cultural Centre (VCC) or Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta (VKS) in Bislama is located n Port Vila. It is the national body charged with recording, preserving, and promoting the diverse cultures of Vanuatu. It functions as an umbrella organisation that includes the National Museum of Vanuatu, the National Library, the National Film & Sound Unit, and other cultural‑documentation projects. The museum displays traditional artefacts such as masks, slit gongs, mats, model canoes, pottery, and archaeological finds, alongside contemporary Vanuatu art and music. "Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu" is Bislama for "The Voices of Vanuatu" — an anthology or documentary recording of vocal and musical performance traditions from various islands and provinces of Vanuatu. The specified region is where VCC is located in Port Vila. Vanuatu's instrument traditions vary by island group and VCC/VKS field recordings can include musical types like Percussions (tam-tam slit drums, rattles, body/foot), Wind (bamboo flute - nose flute & end-blown, panpipes, conch shell trumpet), String (if stringband content present - ukulele or yukalele, acoustic guitar or gita, seka or improvised bass). 001. Singing - unintelligible speech 002. Singing - both song and spoken narrative 003. Interview - interactive discourse 004. Singing - both song and spoken narrative 005. Singing - both song and spoken narrative 006. Singing - both song and spoken narrative 007. Singing - song 008. Instrumental percussion 009. Instrumental percussion 010. Instrumental percussion 011. Singing - singing duet 012. Instrumental percussion 013. Singing - song 014. Narrative (traditional folktale) 015. Singing - Formulaic discourse in liturgical/religious song 016. Instrumental percussion 017. Instrumental music 018. Interactive discourse (conversation) 019. Singing - song Source: Wantok Musik Foundation (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, March 2026). Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no
Identifier:WM2-055a
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055a
Language:Bislama
Multiple languages
Language (ISO639):bis
mul
Publisher:Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:Bislama language
Multiple languages
Subject (ISO639):bis
mul
Subject (OLAC):language_documentation
Table Of Contents (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055a/WM2-055a-001.mp3
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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:WM2-055a
DateStamp:  2026-05-07
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: David Bridie (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Wantok Musik (consultant); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (compiler); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (performer); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (recorder); Enos Gagau (data_inputter). 1980. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Pacific country_VU dcmi_Sound iso639_bis iso639_mul olac_language_documentation olac_singing

Inferred Metadata

Country: Vanuatu
Area: Pacific


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