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Title:Zapal Meaq gol pana goniqo kiak
Meaq gol pana goniqo kiak
Documentation of zapal 'folk stories' in Bunaq, a minority language of West Timor
Contributor:Antoinette
Contributor (speaker):Yanuarius Mali Bereq
Coverage:Indonesia
Date:2013-03
Description:This zapal is one of many that deal with cruelty to orphaned children. This specific tale, however, has an etiological function. It explains that certain animals eat from the gardens of humans because their ancestors helped the three orphaned girls in times of great need. These girls promised the animals that they would repay them with food when the time came. When the girls subsequently learned to garden, the animals returned to exact their payment. And that, so it is said, why the wild pig eats maize from people's gardens, and why mice and sparrows eat the rice and millet from people's gardens.
Bunaq "zapal" is an endangered form of fairy tale-like folk story traditionally told in the family group at night before going to sleep. With the arrival of electricity and television in Bunaq villages, the traditional night time forum for telling "zapal" has been lost. As a result, children know little or nothing of this aspect of Bunaq culture; only elderly community members and some adults know individual tales from the vast canon of "zapal" that the Bunaq once had. The "zapal" encapsulate and elucidate aspects of the Bunaq world view and their environment. The documentation of "zapal" therefores provide an unique perspective on the traditional livelihoods and beliefs of the Bunaq for researchers.
Bunaq with occasional Indonesian/Malay
Born in Tale, lives in Hur Por.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1315225
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1315225%23
Publisher:Antoinette Schapper
Subject:Literature
Zapal
Bunak language
Bunaq
Indonesian language
English language
Subject (ISO639):bfn
ind
eng
Type:Audio

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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1315225
DateStamp:  2019-07-26
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Citation: Yanuarius Mali Bereq (speaker); Antoinette. 2013-03. Antoinette Schapper.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_ID country_TL iso639_bfn iso639_eng iso639_ind

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Country: United KingdomIndonesiaEast Timor
Area: AsiaEurope


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