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oai:paradisec.org.au:WM2-055i

Metadata
Title:Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu from the Cutural Centre Port Vila - Marie Michel
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:David Bridie (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), David Bridie (consultant), Wantok Musik (compiler, recorder), Vanuatu Cultural Centre (compiler, performer, recorder), Enos Gagau (data_inputter), Marie Michel (consultant), 2010. Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu from the Cutural Centre Port Vila - Marie Michel. MPEG/WAV. WM2-055i at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/pwj8-p685
Contributor (compiler):David Bridie
Wantok Musik
Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Contributor (consultant):David Bridie
Marie Michel
Contributor (data_inputter):Steven Gagau
Enos Gagau
Contributor (performer):Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Contributor (recorder):Wantok Musik
Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-13.176; southlimit=-14.5994; westlimit=166.955; eastlimit=168.186
Coverage (ISO3166):VU
Date (W3CDTF):2010-01-01
Date Created (W3CDTF):2010-01-01
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). Recordings provided through Marie Michel include traditional kastom (customary) songs from different islands of Vanuatu and relate to Wantok Musik's project, Nēvēnek: Ground Music from Torba Province. Summary od Songs. 1. 001 - Singing + Narrative Song of longing for a deceased mother; child grief 2. 002 - Singing + Narrative Pig-killing ceremony song; comparing pigs by value 3. 003 - Singing + Narrative Song to ward off an incoming hurricane 4. 004 - Singing + Narrative Song to calm rough seas and protect against seawater Source: Wantok Musik Foundation (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, April 2026). Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no
Identifier:WM2-055i
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i
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/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-001.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-001.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-002.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-002.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-003.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-003.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-004.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055i/WM2-055i-004.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:WM2-055i
DateStamp:  2026-05-07
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: David Bridie (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); David Bridie (consultant); Wantok Musik (compiler); Wantok Musik (recorder); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (compiler); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (performer); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (recorder); Enos Gagau (data_inputter); Marie Michel (consultant). 2010. 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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