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

Metadata
Title:Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu from the Cutural Centre Port Vila - Port Olry
Access Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:David Bridie (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), David Bridie (compiler, consultant, interviewer), Wantok Musik (recorder), Vanuatu Cultural Centre (compiler, performer), Enos Gagau (data_inputter), 2000. Ol Voes Bilong Vanuatu from the Cutural Centre Port Vila - Port Olry. MPEG/WAV. WM2-055o at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/gx20-k478
Contributor (compiler):David Bridie
Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Contributor (consultant):David Bridie
Contributor (data_inputter):Steven Gagau
Enos Gagau
Contributor (interviewer):David Bridie
Contributor (performer):Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Contributor (recorder):Wantok Musik
Coverage (Box):northlimit=-14.9277; southlimit=-15.0787; westlimit=166.972; eastlimit=167.111
Coverage (ISO3166):VU
Date (W3CDTF):2000-01-01
Date Created (W3CDTF):2000-01-01
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). Summary of recordings. 1. 001 - Harmonica performance(mouth organ),Singing 2. 002 - Pan pipe / bamboo flute performance 3. 003 - Instruments & musical traditions conversations 4. 004 - Outro / station jingle Mixed / produced audio Community members in Port Olry and East Santo who practise kastom dance perform at big killing ceremonies' who dance; ancestors or spiritual beings. The ancestral spirits through dreams and connections to musicians and instrument-makers receive the bamboo flute melody. This is comparable to Melanesian traditions in Bougainville (PNG) and the Solomon Islands raised by the interviewer, David Bridie as a point of comparison. Source: Wantok Musik Foundation (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, April 2026). Language as given:
Format:Digitised: no
Identifier:WM2-055o
Identifier (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o
Language:Bislama
Language (ISO639):bis
Publisher:Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:Bislama language
Subject (ISO639):bis
Subject (OLAC):language_documentation
Table Of Contents (URI):http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-001.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-001.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-002.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-002.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-003.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-003.wav
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-004.mp3
http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/055o/WM2-055o-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:WM2-055o
DateStamp:  2026-05-07
GetRecord:  OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info

Citation: David Bridie (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); David Bridie (compiler); David Bridie (consultant); David Bridie (interviewer); Wantok Musik (recorder); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (compiler); Vanuatu Cultural Centre (performer); Enos Gagau (data_inputter). 2000. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Pacific country_VU dcmi_Sound iso639_bis olac_language_documentation olac_singing

Inferred Metadata

Country: Vanuatu
Area: Pacific


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