OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-83CA-B

Metadata
Title:		Gbadzeme04-sheep
		A Description and Documentation of Avatime
Contributor:		Saskia
Contributor (annotator):		Saskia
Contributor (speaker):		Priest
Contributor (translator):		Yao
Coverage:		Ghana
Date:		2008-09-20
Description:		Ram sacrifice at Gbadzeme chief oath swearing
		The Avatime project aims to describe and document Avatime. The researchers involved in this project are Rebecca Defina and Saskia van Putten. The project included fieldwork in Ghana in 2008 and was completed in 2009. Outcomes of the project are: (1) audio and video recordings of different genres, of which 13,5 hours have been transcribed and annotated, (2) an Avatime-English wordlist, (3) grammar notes and (4) two Master's theses, one on the expression of motion in Avatime (Saskia van Putten) and one on aspect and mood in Avatime (Rebecca Defina).
		The new chief of Gbadzeme (one of the other Avatime villages) came to swear fealty to the paramount chief of Avatime in Vane. As part of this ceremony (and all ones like it, such as the outdooring of chiefs) they sacrifice two white rams. This is the first of these sacrifices during this ceremony.
		The prayers around the sacrifice are all said in Avatime
		The traditional priest of Vane says the prayers. Some men, unfortunately I don't know their names kill the ram. The chief and linguist of Gbadzeme are present (under the umbrella). Many spectators were present. Saskia filmed it.
		Saskia van Putten is one of the researchers in this project. She did her bachelor in Languages and Cultures of Africa and her research master in Linguistics, both at Leiden University. She started PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 2009. Saskia grew up and still lives in the Netherlands.
		This is the traditional priest of Vane who pours libation and asks for the blessing of the forefathers on important occasions. The age is a guess
		Fo Yao was one of our main consultants. He helped us transcribe and translate texts, gave us information about cultural practices and helped us in many long elicitation sessions. He was born in Vane and worked as a teacher before he retired. Sadly, he passed away in October 2009.
		The recording was made using a JVC Everio digital video camera. The file is saved in MPEG2 format with 3400 kbps video encoding rate and 256 kbps audio encoding rate. The aspect ratio is 4:3 and the size of the video is 352 x 576. It is recorded in PAL format.
		This transcription was made by Saskia with the assistance of Fo Yao
		This is part of the recording of the oath swearing of the Gbadzeme chief, it is contained in Gdazeme-all and the other parts are all named Gbadzeme followed by a number representing their order and a short description of what they are.
Format:		video/x-mpeg2
		text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-83CA-B
Publisher:		Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina
		Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:		Ritual/religious texts
		sacrifice
		Avatime language
Subject (ISO639):		avn
Type:		video
OLAC Info
Archive:		The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/www.mpi.nl
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-83CA-B
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Saskia; Priest (speaker); Saskia (annotator); Yao (translator). 2008-09-20. Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina.
Terms:		area_Africa country_GH iso639_avn
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Ghana
Area:		Africa