OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-A60C-3

Metadata
Title:		outdooring09-sheep
		A Description and Documentation of Avatime
Contributor:		Yao
Contributor (annotator):		Saskia
Contributor (speaker):		Priest
Coverage:		Ghana
Date:		2008-08-16
Description:		This video recording was made at the outdooring of the paramount chief of the Avatime area. See references for more general information about this event. The traditional priest pours libation and says a prayer to ask for the blessing of the forefathers. He mentions some gifts that have been given to the division for the occasion and then the ceremony for sacrificing a ram is started. The actual sacrifice took place at another location and was not filmed.
		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 traditional priest pours libation and says a prayer to ask for the blessing of the forefathers. He mentions some gifts that have been given to the division for the occasion and then the ceremony for sacrificing a ram is started. The actual sacrifice took place at another location and was not filmed.
		The prayer is in Avatime.
		The prayer is carried out by the traditional priest. Many spectators are present. Rebecca and Saskia are filming. Transcription and translation by Fo Yao and Saskia.
		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 practises 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.
		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.
		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.
		Extracted from video file outdooring09-sheep.mpg
		Several recordings were made at this event. These are: - outdooring-all - outdooring01 - outdooring02 - outdooring03-libation - outdooring04-libation - outdooring05-libation - outdooring06-oath - outdooring07-oath - outdooring08-oath - outdooring09-sheep Information about the process of installing a new chief can be found in - interview_SO-BB - installing_a_paramount_chief General information about the political organization of Avatime can be found in - political_organization_of_Avatime
Format:		video/x-mpeg2
		audio/x-wav
		text/x-eaf+xml
		text/x-toolbox-text
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-A60C-3
Publisher:		Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina
		Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:		Ritual/religious texts
		Unknown
		Avatime language
Subject (ISO639):		avn
Type:		video
		audio
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-A60C-3
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Priest (speaker); Yao; Saskia (annotator). 2008-08-16. Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina.
Terms:		area_Africa country_GH iso639_avn
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Ghana
Area:		Africa